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Publication date May 14, 2013 Media type Print, e-book, movie Pages 609 pages Preceded by Followed by Inferno is a 2013 novel by American author and the fourth book in his, following,. The book was published on May 14, 2013, ten years after publication of (2003),. It was number one on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover fiction and Combined Print & E-book fiction for the first eleven weeks of its release, and also remained on the list of E-book fiction for the first seventeen weeks of its release. A was released in the on October 28, 2016.
This article's plot summary may be. Please by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. ( September 2016) professor Robert Langdon wakes up in a hospital in, with a head wound and of the last few days. Sienna Brooks, one of the doctors tending to him, reveals that he is suffering from amnesia. When Vayentha, a female assassin, shows up in the hospital and kills Dr. Marconi, Brooks helps Langdon escape, and they flee to her apartment. After Brooks recounts the details of his admission to the hospital, Langdon finds a cylinder with a sign in his jacket and decides to call the U.S.
He is told that they are searching for him and want his location. Per Brooks' guidance, he gives them a location across the street from her apartment to avoid getting Brooks more involved in his mysterious situation than she already is. Soon, Langdon sees Vayentha pull up to the location he gave the consulate. At this point, they both believe the U.S.
Government wants to kill him. Langdon then decides to open the container and finds a small medieval bone cylinder fitted with a hi-tech projector that displays a modified version of 's, which is based on. A trail of clues leads them toward the Old City. The in Florence However, they are dismayed to find that a secretive team of soldiers, and the Florentine are also searching for them.
They flee into a construction site near the where he examines the 'Map of Hell' again, noticing several subtle changes to the layers. Langdon discovers a phrase from the painting by, located in the. They manage to evade the soldiers and get into the Old City using the. At the Palazzo, a custodian sees Langdon snooping around and gets the director of the museum, Marta Alvarez. Alvarez recognizes him, having met him and Ignazio Busoni, the director of, the previous night. She leads them up a set of stairs by The Battle of Marciano, and Langdon realizes the top of the stairs is on the same level as the words 'cerca trova' in the Battle of Marciano painting. Alvarez tells him that she showed them Dante's the previous night, which sits in a room down the hall from the Battle of Marciano painting.
He realizes he is retracing his own steps from the previous night. Finding the mask gone, security footage shows Langdon and Busoni stealing the mask. Fleeing the guards, they listen to a message Busoni left telling him where the mask is hidden, referring to 'Paradise 25'. Gates of Paradise at Langdon and Brooks escape the guards, but the soldiers arrive. They cross the attic over the Apotheosis of Cosimo I, where Brooks pushes Vayentha to her death.
Langdon connects the phrase 'Paradise 25' to the, where they find the Dante mask along with a from its current owner, a billionaire geneticist named Bertrand Zobrist. She explains that Zobrist was a geneticist who advocated the halting of humanity's growth, due to its out of control population and that he was rumored to be working on a means to do so using an engineered disease.
A man named Jonathan Ferris, with a large bruise on his chest which he hides from the two, and a severe rash on his face, claiming to be from the (WHO), comes and helps them escape the soldiers. They follow the riddle to, where Ferris suddenly falls unconscious, with Brooks claiming he is suffering from massive internal bleeding, causing Langdon to suspect Ferris has been infected with Zobrist's plague. He is captured by a group of black-clad soldiers while she escapes. Langdon is taken to Dr.
Elizabeth Sinskey, the director-general of the WHO, and is given an explanation of what is going on: Zobrist, who committed suicide the week before, was a brilliant geneticist and Dante fanatic who had supposedly developed a new biological plague that will kill off a large portion of the world's population in order to quickly solve the problem of the world's impending, citing the. Sinskey raided Zobrist's, found the cylinder and flew him to Florence to follow the clues. However, he stopped communicating with Sinskey after meeting with Alvarez and Ignazio and the WHO feared he betrayed them and was working with Zobrist to unleash the plague. The soldiers were the WHO's emergency response team and never meant to kill him. Zobrist had paid a shadowy consulting group called The Consortium to protect the cylinder until a certain date. He also left a disturbing video filled with Dante imagery, which also showed a picture of the plague itself, kept in a hidden underwater location, within a slowly dissolving bag. The video claims that the world will be changed the following morning.
When Sinskey took it away, they abducted Langdon and staged every event up to this point so that he would be motivated to solve it. The leader of The Consortium, having become aware of the plot, agrees to cooperate with the WHO. Ferris's rash was due to an allergic reaction to the he used as part of the disguise as the doctor Vayentha 'murdered.' His bruises were because the used to simulate him being shot in the chest misfired and broke his ribs. He collapsed in Venice because he had been ordered to detain Brooks, as the Provost (Consortium head) had allied with Sinskey, with Brooks realizing and punching him in his damaged ribs. Tomb of, at the Brooks goes rogue and The Consortium realizes she was a secret supporter and lover of Zobrist. She learned where the plague was being kept after Langdon solved the riddle and acquires a private jet to get to it before everyone else.
Langdon, the WHO and The Consortium team up to stop her. After watching Zobrist's video, they conclude that the bag containing the plague will be fully dissolved by the date the video specifies and that Zobrist's clues point to its location: the in, where is buried. He and the others find the plague is in the but discover that she is already there.
The bag that held the plague had already been broken, presumably spreading through the outer world via visiting tourists. Brooks runs out of the Cistern yelling something in Turkish, which causes panic among the tourists who stampede out into the city while Langdon gives chase. Inside, with water below and tourists above It is discovered Brooks didn't puncture the bag; it was water-soluble and had dissolved one week earlier in the cistern waters, meaning that the whole world has already been infected.
The date specified in Zobrist's video was the mathematical calculation of when the entire world would be infected. It is also discovered that she was trying to stop the virus herself, but didn't trust the WHO because samples of the virus would certainly find their way into the hands of governments performing weapons research. The leader of The Consortium tries to escape WHO custody with help from disguised underlings but is caught later by Turkish police. She receives amnesty in exchange for working with the WHO to address the crisis, since she is a medical doctor and has extensive knowledge of Zobrist's research and work. The plague that Zobrist created is revealed to be a that randomly activates to employ DNA modification to cause in one third of humans, thereby reducing population growth to a more stable level. Sinskey and Brooks decide not to try to reverse Zobrist's actions, Brooks pointing out that doing so would be difficult and hazardous even for someone like Zobrist and Sinskey acknowledging that Zobrist had a point about the dangers of overpopulation. Characters.
Main article: announced a would be released on October 14, 2016, with as director, adapting the screenplay and reprising his role as Robert Langdon. On December 2, 2014, was set to star in the film as Sienna Brooks. Actor was cast as The Provost.
Danish actress was added to the cast as Elizabeth Sinskey. Filming began on April 27, 2015, in, and wrapped up on July 21, 2015. The first half of film is mostly faithful to the novel, deviating significantly toward the end, specifically that Langdon and his team arrive at the baths in time to prevent the release of the virus rather than arriving a week after it was deployed.
Reception Criticism The novel received backlash from after a female character named Sienna Brooks, who narrated through her flashbacks how she was raped in a slum after volunteering in a humanitarian mission in the, described the capital as 'the gates of hell'. Several authorities expressed their disappointment over the grim and graphic representation of the city, in particular then chairman through a letter of protest sent to the author. Critical Inferno received mixed reviews from critics. Praised the book as being 'jampacked with tricks' and said that Langdon is on 'one of those book-length scavenger hunts that Mr. Brown creates so energetically.' The New York reviewed the book favorably, calling it a book of 'harrowing fun threaded with coded messages, art history, science, and imminent doom.'
Other reviews were more negative. James Kidd of panned Brown's awkward prose but expressed approval of the book's plot, writing: 'Brown's fusion of gothic hyperbole with a pedant's tour-guide deliberately restrains the imagination through its awkward awfulness.'
's Chuck Leddy compared the book favorably to Brown's previous works, and deemed it 'the kind of satisfying escapist read that summers were made for.' Samra Amir of was critical of the novel's predictability and, but noted that 'Brown’s art reigns over boredom.
He manages to keep the reader glued.' Writing for, Peter Conrad dismissed the book's content as 'conspiratorial farrago' and further elaborated: 'Inferno is also dreadful, abounding in malapropisms and, leaden restatements of the obvious and naive disinformation about the reality outside the bat-thronged belfry that is Brown's head.' Commercial Inferno initially sold 369,000 copies at outlets that report to. It debuted as the #1 bestselling book in the US and was also atop the UK's book charts in its first week in shops, selling 228,961 copies.
The book remained #1 on Nielsen BookScan for the week ending May 26, selling 211,000 copies and bringing its two-week total to 580,000. Despite slipping 42% in its second week, Inferno far outpaced the #2 book, 's, which posted a debut of 91,000 copies. Inferno sold more than 6 million copies worldwide to date. References. McLaughlin, Erin (January 15, 2013). Retrieved February 22, 2013.
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READERS GUIDE The introduction, discussion questions, and suggested further reading that follow are designed to enhance your group’s discussion of Inferno, the thrilling new novel by Dan Brown, internationally bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol. WARNING—THIS GUIDE CONTAINS SPOILERS Introduction In Inferno, Dan Brown once again offers readers the same heady mix of history, art, symbols, and high-wire tension that catapulted The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol into international blockbusters. This time the stakes are even higher, as Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon must decode the mystery surrounding a virus that has the power to alter the course of human civilization—or possibly end it.
As the novel begins, Langdon wakes up from a terrifying nightmare in a hospital in Florence, Italy. He doesn’t know how he got there or why he’s even in Florence. He’s told he’s been shot and suffered a slight head wound that has resulted in short-term amnesia. But as he learns more about what has happened to him, amnesia turns out to be the least of his problems. When a leather-clad assassin storms the hospital, Langdon is forced to flee with the beautiful doctor Sienna Brooks.
Running from the assassin as well as the police, Langdon and Brooks are drawn into a devious plot that centers on one of the world’s most mysterious literary masterpieces, Dante’s Inferno. Langdon find himself up against an imminent global catastrophe. Renowned biochemist Bertrand Zobrist has created a virus that will be released in just twenty-four hours and infect the entire human species. Zobrist is a Dante fanatic and he has used references to Dante’s great poem as clues to the location and purpose of the virus. Langdon draws upon his own extensive knowledge of Dante’s poem and of Florence’s splendid art and architecture to decipher Zobrist’s riddle. But will he and Sienna be able to find the virus in time? Zobrist is motivated by the looming threat of unchecked population growth, convinced that the human species will not survive unless there is another mass extinction event on a scale of the Black Plague, which wiped out, in gruesome fashion, one third of Europe’s thirteenth century population.
Zobrist sees himself as a savior, despised in his own time, shunned by the scientific establishment, and hunted by Dr. Elizabeth Sinskey of the World Health Organization, but certain that he will be thanked by future generations. Zobrist is determined and extremely clever. The clues he leaves are maddeningly complex, and Langdon must draw upon all his intelligence, erudition, and ingenuity to decipher them. Unraveling that mystery takes Langdon far beyond Italy into an ominous underworld, where a “chthonic monster” waits to forever change the course of human history. What makes Inferno so compelling is not only Dan Brown’s masterful ability to spin a spellbinding tale but his skill at weaving a complex and pressing social issue into the fabric of his narrative. The crucial problem of overpopulation, a problem that does indeed pose a threat to human survival, adds a deeper moral and ethical dimension to a book that offers all the page-turning pleasures readers of Dan Brown have come to expect.
Questions and Topics for Discussion 1. WARNING: THESE QUESTIONS CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR THE NOVEL What features does Inferno share with Dan Brown’s other Robert Langdon novels: The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol? In what ways is it different from those earlier works?
Why has Brown used these lines from Dante as an epigraph to Inferno: “The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis”? How does that statement illuminate the novel? What is the particular danger of maintaining moral neutrality in Inferno? What accounts for the frenetic narrative pace of the novel? How does Dan Brown use chapter endings to create suspense? What other devices create a narrative tension that pulls the reader along? What are some of the most surprising twists and turns in Inferno?
What role does the setting play in Inferno? In what ways are Florence, Venice, and Istanbul integral to the plot of the novel? The brilliant biochemist Bertrand Zobrist asserts some unsettling ideas. He argues that the Black Plague, which killed one-third of Europe’s population, was one of the best things that ever happened to humanity and ushered in the Renaissance. He also believes that the human race won’t survive unless we have another mass extinction event, similar in scale to the Black Plague.
In his confrontation with Dr. Sinskey, he rails, “We are on the brink of the end of humanity, and our world leaders are sitting in boardrooms commissioning studies on solar power, recycling, and hybrid automobiles. Ozone depletion, lack of water, and pollution are not the disease—they are the symptoms. The disease is overpopulation” p.
Is Zobrist right about these issues? Is his solution the lesser of two evils or is it too morally repugnant even to consider? How does Langdon use his knowledge of literature, art, and symbology to decipher the clues that lead him to the location of Zobrist’s virus?
In what ways is Dante’s great poem, The Inferno, central to the novel? The Consortium, which allows Bertrand Zobrist to do his work on the virus undetected, has a philosophy of “ Provide the service. Ask no questions. Pass no judgment” p.
Is that a dangerous philosophy, and if so, why? Why does the Provost, by the end of the novel, realize that “For the first time in his life, ignorance no longer felt like the moral high ground”? How disconcerting is it to learn that the Consortium really does exist, though under a different name, with offices in seven countries? Sienna Brooks is perhaps the most complex character in the novel. What kind of woman is she? How has her past influenced who she has become?
How does she change over the course of the novel? Why does she feel that she has finally found a purpose at the end of the book? In what ways do issues of trust and betrayal play out in Inferno? Sienna explains one of the fundamental tenets of Transhumanism: “We as humans have a moral obligation to participate in our evolutionary process.
To use our technology to advance the species, to create better humans-healthier, stronger, with higher-functioning brains. Everything will soon be possible” p. Do an internet search on “Transhumanism” and discuss/debate the motivations and philosophical assumptions of the movement.
What does Dan Brown’s use of a real-life contemporary movement like Transhumanism add to Inferno? Does Transhumanism offer valid solutions to some of the essential problems that confront the human species? In an emotional speech to Dr. Sinskey, Sienna says, “Bertrand died all alone because people like yourself refused to open your minds enough even to admit that our catastrophic circumstances might actually require an uncomfortable solution. All Bertrand ever did was speak the truth. And for that, he was ostracized” p.
Does Bertrand go from villain to hero by the end of the book? Do the ends (saving the human species) justify the means (releasing a virus that will dramatically limit population growth) in this case?
Why doesn’t Robert Langdon give up on Sienna, even after he realizes what her motives are? At the end of the novel, Dr. Sinskey invites Sienna to accompany her to a conference where they will address world leaders about the virus Bertrand Zobrist has released and discuss the issue of population control. Is there a significance to having two women, rather than two men, assume this role?
About this Author Dan Brown is the author of The Da Vinci Code, one of the most widely read novels of all time, and the international bestsellers The Lost Symbol, Angels & Demons, Deception Point, and Digital Fortress. He lives in New England with his wife. Suggested Reading Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, The Lost Symbol; Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy; Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose; Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian; Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Identity; Donna Tartt, The Secret History.