I love the way he managed to actually produce a textbook on religious history using a fictional narrative as the vehicle in which to tell it. I liked the basic premise as much as The Da Vinci Code but Dan Brown went a little overboard in this one. Peter's tomb, catacombs, castles, secret passageways, various churches and more. The journey takes you inside the Vatican Library, into St. This is one I actually couldn't stop listening too! The story takes you into the depths of Rome and inside the Vatican, detailing several practices. But after the first several chapters the mystery unfolds and the book plays out like a favorite Robert Ludlum novel. I had to re-listen a few times to deeply understand. The beginning takes you inside CERN and was a bit hard to listen to since they were describing several scientific processes. However, once I got into the book, I actually felt it was faster-paced and more suspenseful than The DaVinci Code. I also saw a different side of his main character which I didn't really appreciate at first. In the beginning I felt his style of writing was a bit rustier than the smoothness of The DaVinci Code. Although this book is a prequel to The DaVinci Code, also written by Dan Brown, I actually read it afterwards.
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