I was a 11-year-old boy when I first read this book. Dad would not explain how in the world I could not get out of it. With all its complexity and turns along smart adventure/fiction redaction, I experienced a revelation of truth: history holds all the answers of humanity. The author’s brilliance will get you hooked from the beginning and it only gets better and better. Nothing to compare with the film (lame). By far one of the best books I have read.