Robert Langdon, a world-renowned Harvard symbologist, is invited to a Swiss research center to examine a mysterious symbol carved into a deceased physicist's chest. What he discovers is unimaginable: a centuries-old secret group known as the Illuminati is on a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church. Langdon teams up with the gorgeous and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra in Rome to safeguard the Vatican from a powerful time bomb. They start on a frenzied search through sealed crypts, deadly catacombs, derelict cathedrals, and the world's most hidden vault, the long-forgotten Illuminati lair, together.