Innledning
The curator at the Louvre in Paris, Jacques Sauniere, has been killed inside the museum. Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is called in to assist the police in the investigation.
The dead man has left many symbols both on himself and on the floor next to him. Langdon is tasked with deciphering these mysterious codes.
But what he doesn't know is that he is the prime suspect in the case. A young cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, tells Langdon that he is being manipulated, and together they manage to escape the police.
Langdon manages to solve the codes Sauniere left behind, and they indicate that the information they are looking for is hidden in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci.
Utdrag
The police are hunting Robert and Sophie, and are now on their way to the bank after receiving an anonymous tip.
Robert and Sophie have found a key that fits a safe, but only if you have the right account number. In a moment of genius,
Robert links an encrypted number code that Sauniere left beside him with the ten-digit code they need, and they manage to retrieve a mysterious wooden box from the safe.
Inside they find a cryptex, one of Da Vinci's lesser known inventions, meant to hold secret information.
Robert understands that this has something to do with the secret of the Holy Grail, and he believes that the cryptex is the Priory of Sion's keystone that shows the way to the Holy Grail.
The bank manager, Andre Vernet, is very worried about the bank's reputation, and when the police arrive at the bank, he refuses to let them in. Instead, he helps Robert and Sophie escape in one of the bank's delivery vans.
After a long drive out of Paris, Vernet discovers that Robert and Sophie are wanted for three more murders, and he decides to take the box from them and return to Paris.
Desperate, Robert and Sophie knock out Vernet before escaping with the car, leaving Vernet behind.
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