The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (2003, Hardcover)

I have to admit, I finally broke down and read it! Dan Brown does an excellent job, condensing, twisting, embellishing and dumbing down information that has been out there for years. Add an evil nemesis or two, some sexual tension, a brutal freaky psychologically challenged albino and a murder plot......wow....you have a pretty darn good book on your hands. I throughly enjoyed this book. Very well written, enough twists and turns to keep me page flipping for hours.

O.K., so Brown acknowledges he did'nt discover and decipher the rosetta stone, but his readers treat him as such! If Da Vinci Code tickled your interest on such religious topics, you might want to read up on the real stuff. Check out Michael Baigent. Michael Baigent is the author of a number of important books that challenge the way we perceive the past, including (with Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln) THE HOLY BLOOD AND THE HOLY GRAIL, (with Richard Leigh) THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS DECEPTION, THE ELIXIR AND THE STONE and the recently published ANCIENT TRACES.

His new book, THE JESUS PAPERS, is currently a New York Times best seller.