In my book that I am currently reading, The Lost Symbol, I recently completed its Chapter 103. This little "mini-chapter", consists of only about one and a half pages of text, however it goes into extreme detail about Robert Langdon's impending death by drowning in a glass box; a horribly ironic death to become him, given his past history that led to him developing a "crippling fear" of tight spaces.
"He thought of the deep well into which he had fallen as a young boy, and of the terrifying night he spent treading water alone in the darkness of a bottomless pit. The trauma had scarred Langdon's psyche, burdening him with an overwhelming phobia of enclosed spaces,"
"Tonight, buried alive, Robert Langdon was living his ultimate nightmare,"
As I said before, how horrible that it seems he is to die not only in a tiny box, which only intensifies his time still alive, but he must also be yet again surrounded by water; alone again, and this time with little to no hope of deliverance. The chapter ends with these three lines:
"There was a blinding flash of light,"
"And then blackness,"
"Robert Langdon was gone,"
Still, I find myself predicting that SOMEHOW Langdon manages to still live. Perhaps Director Sato will suddenly come bursting through the doors of Mal'ak's mansion and perform CPR on him. Perhaps Katherine Solomon will somehow break her bounds around her wrists and ankles and somehow destroy the fiberglass case he is being held captive in. I can't know for sure, but I just can't believe that Dan Brown would kill off his star protagonist before the book was even finished! I will have to read on to discover the credibility of Langdon's apparent demise.
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