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holy bloodline ring true, then the heirs could be sources of power in the modern world.
A popular idea perceived in this book is that science and religion have been and always will be enemies. In fact Dan Brown himself said in an address to a group of writer's in New Hampshire "What I have finally come to accept is that science and religion are partners. They are simply two different languages attempting to tell the same story. Both are manifestations of man's quest to understand the divine. While science dwells on the answers, religion savors the questions (Brown). I do not believe it is possible to live in a world without one or the other because of how our brains our made. Religion answers the questions that the right brain brings up, while science answers those of the left.

I read this novel at a time when my ideas were changing and I was starting to see how the world really worked outside of my sheltered Christian upbringing. I joined the Army and was subsequently sent to Iraq thus being fully immersed in the Islamic culture and seeing the amount of devotion those people have to their faith. I then questioned why my religion said that Muslims were going to hell when they were clearly just as committed to the idea of God as I was. After this epiphany I started questioning what religion really was. I then read this book and was amazed at the proposal it gave. It did not fully change my mind, but it did at a can of gasoline to my investigative fire. I dove even deeper into this mystery by reading Holy Blood, Holy Grail followed by back up research on events like the Council of Nicea and the Emperor Constantine. Doing this research made me realize how interesting history was and how deeply it impacts our lives, all this causing my decision to pursue a degree in History.
The Da Vinci Code is and will be regarded as one of the best suspense novels ever written and this is by no means a coincidence. Dan Brown spins and amazing tale in a very alluring writing style that not only makes the reader feel engaged with the characters but with the big picture, and the big picture is the seller to this book. It is my belief that most people really love to see how history relates to us, but so many people despise learning it because of its dry context. By adding suspense and drama to otherwise bland statements, it can be very interesting, and this is exactly what Dan Brown does. On top of all this historical relevance he also creates a huge amount of controversy. It has

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