There were many connections I had made in this book but one of them that stood out and were the most easiest one to think of was that I have been to Washington dc and I have been to or seen all the place he has gone by or gone into. Also they talk about god a lot and how he is one of the main people to the masons and i go to church every Sunday to learn about god and how he is the ruler of the world. Another one i thought of when I was younger my dad would tell me story of his dad and one day he cut his hand on a saw and that had happened to peter Solomon and I remember my dad saying he was outside and heard a scream and yelling and my dad ran outside and saw the hand on the ground also my dads dad only had one tattoo but it was on the other hand. and the last one I could think of was at the end of the book when handless peter took Robert Langton blindfold up to monument and he looked down and I hate heights and my friends blindfolded me before and took me up to a pretty high place and I remember looking down and crapping my pants! and those are my connection I hoped you like some of them .