Fans of author Dan Brown seem to be biting their nails off in anticipation of his new fiction "Inferno", scheduled for publication worldwide on May 14.
Robert Langdon, the lead character from Brown's previous three thrillers, "The Da Vinci Code", "Angels and Demons" and "The Lost Symbol" is returning in a new novel set in Florence and centered on a part of Italian poet Dante's epic poem "Divine Comedy."
Publishers Random House said there is "huge anticipation" in India for the new book, which will be published globally in hardcover, ebook and on CD audio.
"The book will be released in India simultaneously along with the rest of the world. There is huge anticipation in the US, UK , Australia and pretty much everywhere," said Caroline Newbury, Random House Publishers India.
Brown's previous book had received "incredibly good response" across the world according to the publishers who are anticipating a similar response to the new fiction.
The publishers have also initiated a nationwide campaign to prevent piracy or unauthorized reproduction of the book and protect legitimate sales.
"The Random House Group UK and Random House India have initiated a nationwide campaign and retained IPR lawyer Jyoti Taneja to protect legitimate sales," said a statement.
The same lawyer was also retained during the release of Dan Brown's previous book "The Lost Symbol".
Social networking sites like Facebook and microblogging sites like Twitter witnessed excited chatter on the forthcoming book.
"Can't wait to get my Kindle copy of Dan Brown's Inferno tomorrow morning. It will be hard trying not to picture Robert Langdon as Tom Hanks," read one post on Twitter.
Hollywood actor Tom Hanks has played Langdon's character in 2006 adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code" followed by "Angels and Demons" in the year 2009. He is set to play the role again in the film adaptation of Brown' last Langdon book "The Lost Symbol" reportedly in preproduction stage now.
Sites like Amazon and Flipkart are offering readers a chance to win a signed copy if they prebook copies of the book.
"Kind of excited about the new Dan Brown release tomorrow #Inferno. Could do with a little conspiracy entertainment right about now," read another tweet.
