Inferno is another taut thriller from the master of history-meets-cult-meets-conspiracy theory genre. This time Prof. Langdon sets out on a race against time to save the world from another catastrophe set in motion by an obsessive but brilliant man of science who is also a Dante fanatic. His twisted interpretation of the message of Dante's Inferno makes him turn the power of science against the human race setting in motion a series of events that pose a threatening question to the very existence of human race.
The book is a pacy read, full of rich scientific, cultural and historical references - typical of a Dan Brown book. Inferno, takes the readers into the dark world of Dante's masterpiece Inferno and a whole underbelly culture of art, architecture and paintings based on Dante's works. The plot has some really hard hitting twists that will make you keep on turning the pages.
Well you might ask what's new this time as that's always the case with any Dan Brown work but I would urge the readers to read between the lines and relate it to your current world scenario. The message that Inferno seems to convey there screws up a bit with your head. Simply because the threat posed this time is deeply entrenched in reality. It brings to the fore the dangers of the mindless expansion of the human race and our blatant disregard for nature's constraints, taking us ever so closer to our extinction with every passing second.
While some of Dan Brown's earlier works may not have registered beyond being the work of pure fiction, Inferno, however will make you sit and realize that seemingly fictional horrors could very well become real life scenarios if we do not adopt a more sustainable way of life. The solution to the problem, that forms the key element of the plot, is even more horrifying and seems dangerously real. I could not help but think that if someone with a really twisted but super brilliant mind reads this book, it wouldn't come as a surprise to me if this piece of fiction turns very real soon. Except, and sadly so, that there may not be any Prof. Langdon around to save the human race.
Bet I got you thinking there and may be feeling a bit uncomfortable but that's what makes Inferno different - you can feel the imminent danger all the time.
