Airport Mag.

| Apr
Book Review: Inferno
2016 by Dan Brown

A thrilling novel with the unexpected fuse of history, science, politics, art, and
symbology to expose a modern threat: overpopulation.

Inferno (2013) is the 4th book of the

apocalyptic series written by Dan Brown
after his bestselling books such as The Da But I am not a prophet.
Vinci Codes, Angel & Demons, and The I am your salvation.
Lost Symbols. The series focused on the I am the Shade.
stories of fictional character named Robert
Langdon a Harvards symbology
professor, who becomes the hero on
several cases overboard that mostly
includes symbol, religion, and history.
The darkest places
in hell are The story of the book is mainly focused on the journey of Robert Langdon
to locate a container that has virus which has the ability to manipulate the humans
reserved for those
genes. The virus itself is the only salvation for the world created by a lunatic-
who maintain genius-prodigy scientist, Bertrand Zobrist the Shade, who beliefs and fears that
their neutrality in problem such as overpopulation will bring mankind to an imminent destruction.
Zobrist decided to solve the problem by lessening mankinds population with a new
times of moral
species of virus which he invented by himself that has the ability to make certain
crisis persons with certain genes become sterile. He also set a chain of events to bring
horror and terror to the world especially to the WHO and the Concorsium, in
order to inform them that his gift the virus he beliefs as the only way to save
mankind, for the world is coming.

What interesting in Inferno is the way that Brown tried to bring the story by
terrific way such as terrorizing the world by a plague that can decrease mankind
population. Brown also masterfully twist the story by mixing ancient history, fine
art, cultural heritage, magnificent architecture, futuristic medicine, high-end
technology, geopolitical interest, and symbology also iconography. Although
Inferno itself has been described as the worst book of the series, this book is still
highly recommended for you who loves thrilling and mysterious story with highly
detailed description of plot-story also scene, and conspiracy that brilliantly
presented by Browns perspectives & arguments on one of modern global threat:
overpopulation.

GIA