In his new novel ‘The Secret of Secrets,’ Dan Brown takes on human consciousness

Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons , is out with his sixth book starring fictional Harvard professor Robert Langdon. In The Secret of Secrets , Langdon is dragged out of his comfort zone by a noetic scientist and finds reality is much stranger than he once imagined. In today’s episode, Brown joins NPR’s Scott Detrow for a conversation about how the author’s perspective on human consciousness shifted over the course of writing his latest novel. To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookoftheday Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy