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地狱(英文原著)--丹·布朗

时间:2013-11-30 14:15:52  来源:  作者:丹·布朗  [ 下载本书 ]
简介:《炼狱》的主人公是回归的哈佛大学符号学教授罗伯特·兰登,小说以意大利为故事背景,以但丁的史诗《神曲2:炼狱篇》为中心,展开的一系列惊心动魄的历险故事。丹·布朗在小说中巧妙地融合了历史、艺术、密码和符号等元素,创造了一部崭新的惊悚悬疑小说。在谈到新书的创作过程时,丹·布朗称自己研读了6个月的相关资料,包括几个版本的《神曲》译本,不同的但丁研究者的注释,关于但丁的生平、哲学的历史文本以及关于佛罗伦萨的背景阅读,之后还前往佛罗伦萨和威尼斯,拜见了一些艺术史学家、图书馆学家和学者。...
  Langdon’s muscles tightened instinctively as his mind flooded with images of Dr. Marconi dying on the hospital floor.
  She found me. She’s here to finish the job.
  Langdon flashed on an image of Greek free divers swimming deep into a tunnel, far past the point of no return, and then colliding with a stony dead end.
  The assassin swung her flashlight beam back down into Langdon’s eyes.
  “Mr. Langdon,” she whispered. “Where is your friend?”
  Langdon felt a chill. This killer is here for both of us.
  Langdon made a show of glancing away from Sienna, over his shoulder into the darkness from which they’d come. “She has nothing to do with this. You want me.”
  Langdon prayed that Sienna was now making progress along the wall. If she could sneak beyond the viewing platform, she could then quietly cross back to the central boardwalk, behind the spike-haired woman, and move toward the door.
  The assassin again raised her light and scanned the empty garret behind him. With the glare momentarily out of his eyes, Langdon caught a sudden glimpse of a form in the darkness behind her.
  Oh God, no!
  Sienna was indeed making her way across a strut in the direction of the central boardwalk, but unfortunately, she was only ten yards behind their attacker.
  Sienna, no! You’re too close! She’ll hear you!
  The beam returned to Langdon’s eyes again.
  “Listen carefully, Professor,” the assassin whispered. “If you want to live, I suggest you trust me. My mission has been terminated. I have no reason to harm you. You and I are on the same team now, and I may know how to help you.”
  Langdon was barely listening, his thoughts focused squarely on Sienna, who was now faintly visible in profile, climbing deftly up onto the walkway behind the viewing platform, entirely too close to the woman with the gun.
  Run! he willed her. Get the hell out of here!
  Sienna, however, to Langdon’s alarm, held her ground, crouching low in the shadows and watching in silence.
  Vayentha’s eyes probed the darkness behind Langdon. Where the hell did she go? Did they separate?
  Vayentha had to find a way to keep the fleeing couple out of Brüder’s hands. It’s my only hope.
  “Sienna?!” Vayentha ventured in a throaty whisper. “If you can hear me, listen carefully. You do not want to be captured by the men downstairs. They will not be lenient. I know an escape route. I can help you. Trust me.”
  “Trust you?” Langdon challenged, his voice suddenly loud enough that anyone nearby could hear him. “You’re a killer!”
  Sienna is nearby, Vayentha realized. Langdon is talking to her … trying to warn her.
  Vayentha tried again. “Sienna, the situation is complicated, but I can get you out of here. Consider your options. You’re trapped. You have no choice.”
  “She has a choice,” Langdon called out loudly. “And she’s smart enough to run as far from you as possible.”
  “Everything’s changed,” Vayentha insisted. “I have no reason to hurt either of you.”
  “You killed Dr. Marconi! And I’m guessing you’re also the one who shot me in the head!”
  Vayentha knew that the man was never going to believe she had no intention of killing him.
  The time for talking is over. There’s nothing I can say to convince him.
  Without hesitation, she reached into her leather jacket and extracted the silenced handgun.
  Motionless in the shadows, Sienna remained crouched on the walkway no more than ten yards behind the woman who had just confronted Langdon. Even in the dark, the woman’s silhouette was unmistakable. To Sienna’s horror, she was brandishing the same weapon she had used on Dr. Marconi.
  She’s going to fire, Sienna knew, sensing the woman’s body language.
  Sure enough, the woman took two threatening steps toward Langdon, stopping at the low railing that enclosed the viewing platform above Vasari’s Apotheosis. The assassin was now as close to Langdon as she could get. She raised the gun and pointed it directly at Langdon’s chest.
  “This will only hurt for an instant,” she said, “but it’s my only choice.”
  Sienna reacted on instinct.
  The unexpected vibration in the boards beneath Vayentha’s feet was just enough to cause her to turn slightly as she was firing. Even as her weapon discharged, she knew it was no longer pointed at Langdon.
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