Ɗaya daga cikin marubuta da marubuta mafi marhaba da marubuta na ƙarshen ƙarni na XXI - Amurka Dan Brown. Yau yana da wuyar samun mutum wanda bai taba karatu a akalla daya daga cikin litattafai masu kayatarwa ba, cike da asirai da asiri na sirri. Marubucin ya buɗe duniya na al'ummomin asiri ga mai karatu, wanda ba zai iya samun ba, ya ba da bayanai game da tarihin tarihi da kuma tarihin addini da kuma fasaha wanda musamman mutum ba zai samu ba. Kuma kodayake maganganunsa suna da rikice-rikice kuma wasu lokuta mawuyacin hali, ba za mu iya tabbatar da su ba, ba kuma za mu yi musun su ba, saboda batun ya rufe sosai ga wani yanki, amma saboda yana da kyau sosai.
Dan Brown ya rubuta littattafai game da Farfesa Langton - ɗaya daga cikin manyan masana kimiyya a duniya a cikin siffar addinai - kimiyya da ba mu sani ba. Kuma a lokaci guda, ainihin hali, daga safiya har zuwa dare, kawai yana fahimtar ma'anar alamomin, cryptograms, ciphers da lambobin, wanda aka buga a cikin ayyukan fasaha, wallafe-wallafe, tarihi da kuma gine-ginen al'ada - wani aiki wanda ya wuce abin da yake da ban sha'awa sosai. Littafin "The Lost Symbol" (sunan "Key of Solomon", wanda aka ba shi a daidai lokacin da yake tare da jami'in) shine na uku bayan "Mala'iku da aljannu" da "Da Vinci Code". An sake shi a shekara ta 2009 tare da takardun ruwa miliyan 6.5. Daga baya (a shekarar 2013) labari na karshe game da farfesa mai suna "Inferno" an buga.
Duk da haka, muna so mu zauna a kan littafin "The Lost Symbol" ("Key of Solomon"). Mene ne shirinta? Farfesa Langton ne abokinsa da malaminsa Peter Solomon ya gayyace su don yin lacca a Capitol (Washington). Malamin ba shi da sauki - shi ne shugaban Smithsonian Institution kuma a lokaci ɗaya a Freemason, da kuma digiri na 33 (wato, ya zama nisa daga kasancewa memba na wannan kungiya). Abubuwan da ke cikin asiri na asalin Maɗaukaki Society of Free Masons, wanda ya ɓoye a cikin gine-gine na babban birnin Amirka da kuma ayyukan fasahar da aka adana a nan, ya kafa tashar tashar ma'anar littafin "Key of Solomon". A cikin wannan tashar, babban hali yana motsa tare da mataimakinsa - wata mace mai ilimi mai suna Katherine, 'yar'uwar Bitrus Sulemanu.
Amma baya ga storyline. Don haka, Langton ya isa Washington, ya zo Capitol sannan ya gano hannun da ya yi wa malaminsa, wanda aka sace kuma wanda ya nema masanin farfesa a cikin waɗannan abubuwa ne kawai 12 hours. A wannan lokacin, dole ne ya sami pyramids, zurfin zurfi a ƙasar Washington kuma ya sake bayyana rubutun, wanda ya ƙunshi alamomi 1800, aka zana a cikin wani mutum-mutumin a hedkwatar CIA.
Sauye-sauye-sauye a kusa da birnin - wurin aikin littafi, zalunci da jami'an tsaro na ƙasa, babban mai taimakawa tare da digiri kimiyya - sune halayen littattafai game da Farfesa Langton, wani abu da Den Brown ya gane da sauƙi. "Maɓallin Sulaiman" ("The Lost Symbol") ba wani abu bane. Amma mafi girman hali na littattafai na wannan marubucin ita ce, a gaskiya, ta Sarauniya SANTA. Tare da manyan jaridu, muna tafiya ta Birnin Washington, mu fahimci abubuwan da suka gani, tarihin wannan birni da kuma kasar da Brown yake so da girmamawa a wannan littafin. "Maɓallin Sulaiman" fiye da sau ɗaya zai tilasta mu mu juya zuwa ga kundin littafi don duba kyan gani na Durer, siffar "Apotheosis na Washington", alamomin Masonic da alamu.
Bayan nasarar nasarar "Da Vinci Code", magoya bayan Den Brown sun yi tsammanin wani abu mai ban mamaki daga sabon halitta. Duk da haka, "Key of Solomon" shi ne littafin da aka yi tsammanin da ya fi dacewa da karɓa. Amma duk da cewa gashin da aka yi a cikin littafi ya zama mafi banbanci, zamu iya cewa da tabbaci cewa karantawa zai zama mai ban sha'awa da ilimi.