Dan Browns new novel, Inferno, features renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and is set in the heart of Europe, where Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centred around one of historys most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces. As Dan Brown comments: Although I studied Dantes Inferno as a student, it wasnt until recently, while researching in Florence, that I came to appreciate the enduring influence of Dantes work on the modern world. With this new novel, I am excited to take readers on a journey deep into this mysterious realma landscape of codes, symbols, and more than a few secret passageways.