Best selling author Dan Brown and the "The Lost Symbol"

The Lost Symbol is a novel written by Dan Brown and published by Doubleday. It is the sequel to his 2003 novel, The Da Vinci Code. The book was released last September. The novel again features the fictional, mystery-solving Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, called into the story by a friend who is a high ranking Mason in both his lodge and in the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. It is set in Washington D.C., and the fast-paced story takes place over a 12-hour period. 

Does the book portray the Masonic Fraternity accurately? In most instances yes, with some "literary license." The Masonic Service Association of North America, The George Washington Masonic Memorial and the Masonic Society have co-sponsored a website, The Lost Symbol & Freemasonry, with plenty of information on the book and its Masonic references.

Like stamps? The book has even inspired an online exhibit of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum,  titled "The Lost Symbol on U. S. Postage Stamps."

The book  has also generated some attention from several national and local media outlets:
St. Paul Pioneer Press article on Corinthian Lodge No. 67 in Farmington, November 14, 2009
Minneapolis StarTribune Lifestyle article "Not-so-secret society," October 1, 2009
WCCO Televsion Good Question interview with Grand Master Thomas G. McCarthy, September 15, 2009
NBC Today Show Matt Lauer interview with Dan Brown, September 15, 2009
National Public Radio All Things Considered story on September 16, 2009
Parade Magazine Sunday newspaper supplement Lost Symbol Prologue and Chapter 1, September 14, 2009