The new Dan Brown puzzler is the scariest one yet.

Its not so much the barbarous machinations of the villain, another

one-dimensional, self-mortifying hulk, that sends chills down your
spine. Or the plot, which is an Oedipal MacGuffin.
No, the terrifying thing about The Lost Symbol is that Brown
who did not flinch when the Vatican both condemned the The Da
Vinci Code and curtailed the filming of Angels & Demons in Rome
clearly got spooked by that other powerful, secretive ancient sect,
the Masons.
His book is a desperate attempt to ingratiate himself with the
Masons, rather than to interpret the bizarre Masonic rites and
symbols that illuminate as in Illuminati! how the ultimate elite
private boys club has conspired to shape the nations capital and
Western civilization ever since George Washington laid the
cornerstone for the Capitol building in a Masonic ritual wearing full
Masonic regalia, including a darling little fringed satin apron. If the
Masons are more intimidating than the Vatican, if Brown has now
become part of their semiotic smoke screen, then all I can