I enjoy reading Dan Brown, more for his sense of setting, which is its own character. He takes us on another wild ride, Robert Langdon fighting the clock to save the world, full of twists and turns and hidden passages through historical Florence, to Venice and ending in "The Final Destination." A mad scientist, frustrated that people aren't listening, takes matters into his own hands, a villain with a point. Dan brown walks the moral tightrope arguing the validity of the man's claims against the views of humanity and takes us to a satisfying conclusion. As with his other books, he gives you food for thought as he looks at global issues through the narrow lens of one very committed man.

The scenery interrupts the story in places, stopping to give the reader a travelogue of Italy. For my part, having visited Florence, I found it interesting, a tour guide's view of some of the places I'd seen, and places I hadn't seen. The artwork, the architecture, the literature all play a role in this story, and as much as I might admit there was overkill in some places, I enjoyed it thoroughly.