"Okazavshiĭ v samom zagadochnom gorode Italii--Floren︠t︡sii, professor Lėngdon, spe︠t︡sialist po kodam, simvolam i istorii iskusstva, neozhidanno popadaet v vodovorot sobytiĭ, kotorye sposobny privesti k gibeli vse chelovechestbo... I pomeshatʹ ėtomu mozhet tolʹko razgadka taĭny, nekogda zashifrovannoĭ Dante v strokakh bessmertnoĭ ėpicheskoĭ poėmy..."----Page 4 of cover.
Robert Langdon is on the run in Florence and in possession of a series of codes, created by a brilliant scientist obsessed with Dante's THE INFERNO that could devastate life on Earth. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence.