The Secret of Secrets

The long wait is finally over! We finally have the newest novel by Dan Brown titled The Secret of Secrets. The book continues the Robert Langdon symbologist saga.

The publisher's summary:  

Robert Langdon, esteemed professor of symbology travels to Prague to attend a groundbreaking lecture by Katherine Solomon —a prominent noetic scientist with whom he has recently begun a relationship. Katherine is on the verge of publishing an explosive book that contains startling discoveries about the nature of human consciousness and threatens to disrupt centuries of established belief. But a brutal murder catapults the trip into chaos, and Katherine suddenly disappears along with her manuscript. Langdon finds himself targeted by a powerful organization and hunted by a chilling assailant sprung from Prague’s most ancient mythology. As the plot expands into London and New York Langdon desperately searches for Katherine . . . and for answers. In a thrilling race through the dual worlds of futuristic science and mystical lore, he uncovers a shocking truth about a secret project that will forever change the way we think about the human mind.

I love beginning a novel knowing that it will be fantastic from the first page until the last. This is what I expected from the book. The first half of the book shows Langdon searching for his friend Katherine Solomon, a noetic scientist. He does not yet know what Katherine's big discovery is but it has to do with human consciousness. I enjoyed the search. Toward the middle of the book there is alot of information about consciousness. I did not understand it though. It was too technical for me. Katherine is alleging that consciousness does not originate in the brain but from outside sources. The rest of the book discussed one scientific fact after another concerning remote viewing of the mind. Katherine used dissociative meds in her research which I found distressing. Why would anyone give another person a medication that would make them dissociate. I did not understand anything else about the science and it fills almost every page in the second half of the book. Robert Langdon's job was to solve codes that would give him and Katherine access to a secret lab called Threshold. These codes were few and far between though. 

Overall the book was enjoyable. I was expecting a treasure hunt plot but The Secret of Secrets is a science thriller instead. If science is your thing, you will love this book. As for me, it's a 3 out of 5 star story.