Dan Brown · 2017 · thriller
Dan Brown's 2017 Robert Langdon thriller. At the Guggenheim in Bilbao, the futurist Edmond Kirsch is murdered moments before revealing a discovery meant to answer where we came from and where we are going. Langdon flees with the museum's director, Ambra Vidal, across Spain - from Bilbao to Madrid and on to Gaudi's Barcelona - hunted by an all-seeing enemy, to release Kirsch's secret.
- 1Bilbao
At Frank Gehry's titanium Guggenheim, Langdon's former student, the billionaire futurist Edmond Kirsch, is shot dead before a global audience just as he begins to unveil the origin and destiny of humankind.
- 2Madrid
The hunt for Kirsch's killers points toward Spain's Royal Palace in Madrid and a shadowy power that seems to see everything - the palace of the dying king, the ambitious bishop, and the future queen fleeing at Langdon's side.
- 3Barcelona
Langdon and Ambra Vidal race to Barcelona and the fantastical Gaudi landmarks - Casa Mila and the soaring Sagrada Familia - to find the password that will unlock and broadcast Kirsch's world-shaking discovery.