When a world, renowned scientist is found brutally murdered in a Swiss research facility, a Harvard professor, Robert Langdon, is summoned to identify the mysterious symbol seared onto the dead man's chest. His baffling conclusion: it is the work of the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years - reborn to continue their bitter vendetta against their sworn enemy, the Catholic church. In Rome, the college of cardinals assembles to elect a new pope. Yet somewhere within the walls of the Vatican, an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion. While the minutes tick away, Langdon joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to decipher the labyrinthine trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome to the long-forgotten Illuminati lair - a secret refuge wherein lies the only hope for the Vatican. But with each revelation comes another twist, another turn in the plot, which leaves Langdon and Vetra reeling and at the mercy of a seemingly invisible enemy...

1907. Maxim Gorky, pseudonym of Alexei Maksimovich Peshkov, Soviet novelist, playwright and essayist, who was a founder of social realism. Although known principally as a writer, he was closely associated with the tumultuous revolutionary period of his own country. The Mother, one of his best-known works, is the story of the radicalization of an uneducated woman that was later taken as a model for the Socialist Realist novel, and his autobiographical masterpiece Childhood.

Sejak istrinya meninggal, Nagamine Shigeki hidup hanya berdua dengan putrinya, Ema. Suatu malam, Ema pergi menonton festival musim panas. Tetapi ia tidak pernah pulang sampai mayatnya ditemukan di sungai. Dalam hari-hari kelam menunggu proses penyelidikan kepolisian, Nagamine menerima telepon dari seseorang yang memberikan informasi tentang para pelaku dan lokasi pembunuhan Ema. Nagamine memutuskan menyusup ke apartemen yang disebut. Di sana ia menemukan kaset video berisi rekaman peristiwa pemerkosaan dan pembunuhan putrinya. Semakin terpuruk dalam duka dan kini diselimuti amarah, ditambah keyakinan bahwa para pelaku hanya akan dijatuhi hukuman ringan karena masih di bawah umur, Nagamine memutuskan mengadili mereka dengan tangannya sendiri. Apakah Nagamine akan berhasil? Kepada siapakah hukum akan memihak?

Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward.Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital’s inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she never wanted to do this required overnight rotation. Reasons nobody can ever find out.And as the hours tick by, Amy grows increasingly convinced something terrible is happening within these tightly secured walls. When patients and staff start to vanish without a trace, it becomes clear that everyone on the unit is in grave danger.Amy’s worst nightmare was spending the night on Ward D.And now she might never escape.