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To my dear friend Shelley Seward for her expertise and attentiveness, both professional and personal, and for taking my calls at five a.m.

To my dedicated and imaginative digital guru Alex Cannon for so inventively overseeing my social media, web communication, and all things virtual.

To my wife, Blythe, for continuing to share with me her passion for art, her persistent creative spirit, and her seemingly endless talents of invention, all of which are an ongoing source of inspiration.

To my personal assistant Susan Morehouse for her friendship, patience, and enormous diversity of skills, and for keeping so many wheels in motion seamlessly.

To my brother, composer Greg Brown, whose inventive fusion of ancient and modern in Missa Charles Darwin helped spark the earliest notions for this novel.

And finally, I would like to express my gratitude, love, and respect to my parents—Connie and Dick Brown—for teaching me always to be curious and to ask the difficult questions.

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Dan Brown
is the author of
The Da Vinci Code
, one of the most widely read books of all time, as well as three other bestsellers featuring Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon:
Inferno
,
The Lost Symbol
and
Angels & Demons
. He has also written two internationally acclaimed stand-alone thrillers,
Deception Point
and
Digital Fortress
.

Featuring Robert Langdon

Angels & Demons

The Da Vinci Code

The Lost Symbol

Inferno

Digital Fortress

Deception Point

For more information on Dan Brown and his books, see his website at
www.danbrownofficial.co.uk

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