Piergiuseppe Serra

In 1968, engineer Giorgio Rosa established the independent state called "The Isle of Roses" off the coast of Rimini, built on a platform outside the territorial waters, with Esperanto as the official language. The Italian authorities did not take it well because the micronation was seen as an expedient to not pay taxes on the revenues obtained thanks to the arrival of numerous tourists and curious people.

After meeting during their vacation, two young people with solitary lives suddenly come into a relationship that could benefit both of them.

Andrea is a twentysomething from a rich but cold family who leads a superficial life devoid of responsibility. After receiving a letter from his dying father, whom he hasn't seen since he was a child, Andrea reluctantly joins him in Kenya to bid him farewell. Once there, he'll find himself with a rather singular inheritance: an 8-year-old half-brother that his father had from a local woman.

宗教象徴学者ラングドンは、教皇選挙を控えたバチカンから協力を要請される。かつて自分と険悪だったバチカンからの依頼に戸惑う教授だが、その内容は深刻なものだった。以前、バチカンの弾圧で解体された秘密結社イルミナティが復活し、テロを仕掛けたというのだ。有力枢機卿4人を誘拐した彼らは、1時間ごとにひとりを殺害すると宣言。さらに彼らは欧州原子核研究機構から恐るべき破壊力を持つ《反物質》を盗み出したと言う。