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Dan Brown's new thriller The Secret of Secrets has been called his "most ambitious novel to date"

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Listen to an excerpt of Chapter 1 from 'The Secret of Secrets'

Robert Langdon awoke peacefully, enjoying the gentle strains of classical music from his phone's alarm on the bedside table. Grieg's "Morning Mood" was probably an obvious choice, but he had always considered it the perfect four minutes of music to start his day. As the woodwinds swelled, Langdon savored the uncertainty of not being able to recall quite where he was.

Ah yes , he remembered, smiling to himself. The City of a Hundred Spires.

In the dim light, Langdon surveyed the room's massive arched window,

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