Dan Brown is a popular American novelist who has sold hundreds of millions of copies of his novels; but he is probably more commonly known as the author behind Professor Robert Langdon, the main character of four of his novels: Angels and Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003), The Lost Symbol (2009), and Inferno (2013).
All of his novels are similar in that they are all based around scavenger hunts that include riddles, cryptology, symbols and conspiracy theories.
Another common feature that can be seen throughout all of his novels is a very strict time limit that is inherently created for the main character; this time limit is always less than a day, creating an extreme amount of urgency.
He has only written six novels throughout his career but is still one of the highest selling authors of all time.
He has written less books than anybody who has sold more copies than him, with the Robert Langdon series being the seventh bestselling series of all time.
The series of books he wrote starring Robert Langdon are by far his most popular novels.
Each of these books follow the professor as he is thrust into a situation in which he is responsible for saving the world from a major catastrophe.
At the very beginning of the novels he finds some sort of artifact or writing that points to ancient artists and a certain secret society.
From this point he moves from riddle to riddle until he meets his final foe in some way, and for the most part he saves the day.
Riddles are the fundamental unit of these novels.
Each riddle stands alone as a unit of history to be put together with all of the other riddles to create a vivid picture of history, Christianity, secret societies, and how they all fit together whether it be by coincidence or truth.
His most popular novel to date, The Da Vinci Code, follows this outline perfectly.
It begins with Robert being whisked onto a murder scene in a museum in Paris France.
On the floor of the museum the man who was murdered wrote several anagrams that would become useful to Langdon in solving the murder.
In the end he must solve the sequence of riddles in the novel to preserve the Holy Grail.
The three riddles that are written on the ground of the museum end up being a code to unlock a safety deposit box, a painting, and a famous figure of history.
All of these riddles are references to real historic figures and things that are all connected in real ways.
This is what sets Dan Brown's riddles apart from almost all other authors.
He uses these riddles to create discussion about religion and theology.
Dan Brown is a great author and his affair with history and its riddles will continue to unfold in the future.
These are his gifts to the world and they are greatly appreciated and will be for generations to come.
All of his novels are similar in that they are all based around scavenger hunts that include riddles, cryptology, symbols and conspiracy theories.
Another common feature that can be seen throughout all of his novels is a very strict time limit that is inherently created for the main character; this time limit is always less than a day, creating an extreme amount of urgency.
He has only written six novels throughout his career but is still one of the highest selling authors of all time.
He has written less books than anybody who has sold more copies than him, with the Robert Langdon series being the seventh bestselling series of all time.
The series of books he wrote starring Robert Langdon are by far his most popular novels.
Each of these books follow the professor as he is thrust into a situation in which he is responsible for saving the world from a major catastrophe.
At the very beginning of the novels he finds some sort of artifact or writing that points to ancient artists and a certain secret society.
From this point he moves from riddle to riddle until he meets his final foe in some way, and for the most part he saves the day.
Riddles are the fundamental unit of these novels.
Each riddle stands alone as a unit of history to be put together with all of the other riddles to create a vivid picture of history, Christianity, secret societies, and how they all fit together whether it be by coincidence or truth.
His most popular novel to date, The Da Vinci Code, follows this outline perfectly.
It begins with Robert being whisked onto a murder scene in a museum in Paris France.
On the floor of the museum the man who was murdered wrote several anagrams that would become useful to Langdon in solving the murder.
In the end he must solve the sequence of riddles in the novel to preserve the Holy Grail.
The three riddles that are written on the ground of the museum end up being a code to unlock a safety deposit box, a painting, and a famous figure of history.
All of these riddles are references to real historic figures and things that are all connected in real ways.
This is what sets Dan Brown's riddles apart from almost all other authors.
He uses these riddles to create discussion about religion and theology.
Dan Brown is a great author and his affair with history and its riddles will continue to unfold in the future.
These are his gifts to the world and they are greatly appreciated and will be for generations to come.
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