Dan Brown's novels are full of intriguing plots, interesting characters, and explore different countries. Some characters seem irrelevant or are just there to add something to the story. However, some may actually be important. Characters who seem normal are actually significant, complex, and sometimes evil. Angels & Demons begins in Robert Langdon's home in Massachusetts in the present day. Maximilian Kohler asks Langdon to come to CERN, a nuclear research center, in Geneva, Switzerland, to see Leonardo Vetra's body which has been branded with the word Illuminati. The Illuminati are an ancient brotherhood devoted to science and who have been at odds with the church since the beginning of history. The church had once kidnapped four members of the Illuminati, branded them with the cross, killed them, and then threw them into the streets as a warning to people thinking of joining the Illuminati, which led to the Illuminati's goal of eliminating Catholicism. Vetra is revealed to be a Catholic priest and a scientist who wanted to prove that God was connected to science; that physics was the work of God. Langdon meets Vittoria Vetra, the daughter of Leonardo Vetra and also a scientist at CERN. She and her adoptive father, Vetra, had proven the creation story in the Bible to be accurate by creating something out of nothing; something that had never existed before: antimatter. Antimatter is highly unstable and could cause chaos if handled incorrectly. The antimatter was stolen by a man known only as the Hassassin, or assassin, who was hired by Janus, an Illuminati man, to: steal the antimatter, hide it in Vatican City, and kidnap and kill the four favorites. In Vatican City, the Pope died 15 days and...... middle of paper......3&NA=Dan+Brown>Morris, Edward. "An explosive new thriller explodes the Church's secrets." Book Page (2003): 11. Marvel. GNGHS. June 1, 2010.GLD/hits?r=d&origSearch=true&o=DataType&n=50&l=d&c=12&locID=maine&secondary=false&u=CLC&t=KW&s=3&NA=Dan+Brown>Shea, Roz. “Review of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code.” Bookreporter.com (2004). Wonder. GNGHS. June 4, 2010. hits?r=d&origSearch=true&o=DataType&n=50&l=d&c=4&locID=maine&secondary=false&u =CLC&t=KW&s=3&NA=dan+Brown>"Sparknotes: The Da Vinci Code: Plot Overview." Sparknotes.com. June 4, 2010. “Sparknotes: The Da Vinci Code: Character List.” Sparknotes.com June 4 2010.