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Dan Brown's sixth Robert Langdon novel to be published 22 years after The Da Vinci Code
Transworld has announced that the latest and “most ambitious” Robert Langdon novel to date from bestselling author Dan Brown will be published this year.
The sixth book featuring Harvard symbiologist Langdon – who first appeared in 2000’s Angels & Demons, followed by publishing sensation The Da Vinci Code in 2003 – The Secret of Secrets, will be published by Transworld on 9th September 2025.
Arriving eight years after Origin, the last Langdon novel, The Secret of Secrets has been described as “a propulsive, twisty, thought-provoking masterpiece" set in Prague, in which "Langdon must pit his wits against forces unknown to recover the woman he loves".
Bill Scott-Kerr, publisher at Transworld, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Heide Lange at Sanford J Greenburger Associates, Inc.
The Secret of Secrets will be published simultaneously in 17 territories, including the US (Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House), Brazil (Sextante), Czech Republic (Argo), Denmark (Politikens), Finland (WSOY), France (JC Lattes), Germany (Bastei Lüebbe), Italy (Rizzoli), the Netherlands (Luitingh-Sijthoff), Poland (Sonia Draga), Portugal (Planeta Portugal), Slovakia (Ikar), Spain (Planeta), Catalonia (Columna), Sweden (Albert Bonniers Förlag), Turkey (Altin Kitaplar), and Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial USA. It will be published in Bantam hardcover and as an e-book and audiobook by Penguin Random House.
Brown’s novels have been published in 56 languages with more than 250 million copies in print. He is the author of numerous bestsellers, including Origin, Inferno, The Lost Symbol, Angels & Demons, Deception Point and Digital Fortress, all published by Transworld.
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Brown said: “The Secret of Secrets is by far the most intricately plotted and ambitious novel I’ve written to date – and also the most fun. Writing it has been an unforgettable journey of discovery.”
Nihar Malaviya, CEO of Penguin Random House Global, said: “Dan Brown has created a new Robert Langdon thriller that will mesmerise and delight readers. The hallmarks of Dan’s books – codes, art, history, religion and cutting-edge science – are on full display alongside a propulsive plot.”
Scott-Kerr said: “Publishing Dan Brown has been a privilege, and a pleasure, for over 25 years. Even though many have tried, no-one tells a story quite like him.”
The synopsis states: “Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she’s been invited to give in Prague, Robert Langdon’s world spirals out of control when she disappears without trace from their hotel room. Far from home and well out of his comfort zone, Langdon must pit his wits against forces unknown to recover the woman he loves. Against a backdrop of vast castles, towering churches, graveyards buried 12 deep and labyrinthine underground passages, Langdon must navigate a shadow city hiding in plain sight, a city which has successfully kept its secrets for centuries and will not readily deliver them."
