Decoding The Lost Symbol: The Unauthorized Expert Guide to the Facts Behind the Fiction (A Touchstone Paperback Original; November 2009; 0-7432-8727-4; $14.99) is the first book available in bookstores analyzing the mysteries inside The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. Simon Cox, bestselling author of Cracking the Da Vinci Code and Illuminating Angels & Demons , offers the first definitive guide to all the mysteries featured in Dan Brown’s latest novel. Based on extensive research, this A-to-Z guide lists the real people, organizations, and themes featured in Brown’s book. Easy to read and straightforward in its layout, it includes illustrations and color photos of the settings and artifacts referenced in The Lost Symbol . It was April 2009, and I was just arriving at the London Book Fair at the Earls Court Exhibition Halls. I was intending on catching up with friends, my UK publisher, and having a general look at what was new in the publishing world. However, I knew that something rem