Deception Point

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Dan Brown

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Pages: 592 (Paperback)

ISBN: 0552151769

Pub: Corgi Books

Pub date: 2004-05-01

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1474

Editorial Review:

In the world of page-turning thrillers, Dan Brown holds a special place in the hearts of many of us. After his first book, Digital Fortress, almost passed me by, he wrote Angels and Demons, which was probably one of the half-dozen most exciting thrillers of last year. It is a pleasure to report that his new book lives up to his reputation as a writer whose research and talent make his stories exciting, believable, and just plain unputdownable.
The time is now and President Zachary Herney is facing a very tough re-election. His opponent, Senator Sedgwick Sexton, is a powerful man with powerful friends and a mission: to reduce NASA's spending and move space exploration into the private sector. He has numerous supporters, including many beyond the businesses who will profit from this because of the embarrassment of 1996, when the Clinton administration was informed by NASA that proof existed of life on other planets. That information turned out to be premature, if not incorrect. The embattled president is assured that a rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice will prove to have far-reaching implications on America's space program. The find, however, needs to be verified.
Enter Rachel Sexton, a gister for the National Reconnaissance Office. Gisters reduce complex reports into single-page briefs, and in this case the president needs that confirmation before he broadcasts to the nation, probably ensuring his re-election. It's tricky because Rachel is the daughter of his opponent. Rachel is thrilled to be on the team travelling to the Arctic Circle. She is a realist about her father's politics and has little respect for his stand on NASA, but Senator Sexton cannot help but have a problem with her involvement.

Adventure, romance, murder, skulduggery, and nail-biting tension ensue. By the end of Deception Point, the reader will be much better informed about how the space program works and how politicians react to new information. Bring on the next Dan Brown thriller! --Otto Penzler, Amazon.com

Reader Reviews:

best book ive read in a while (0/0 people found this helpful)

this really is an emense book and i strongly advise ignorin the other poor comments and goin 4 it!
the science side of it can be overlooked meaning u dont have to understand everything they're saying to be able to follow it well. Its a thrilling fast moving novel written by a great writer. if u liked any of his other books this will appeal to u!
thanks

Dan Brown - Master of Intrigue... (2/2 people found this helpful)

I liked this book. The story appealed to my inquisitive mind, was well paced with some interesting charactors. What I find most enjoyable is Dan Brown's ability to keep you guessing about what the hell is going to happen right up to the last minute. Anyone who enjoyed this book should check out, The Constantine Legacy by Andrew Towning.

She Knows too Much and She is on the Run (2/2 people found this helpful)

Rachel Sexton's day started out like any other, but before it really got going she'd been caught up in events beyond her control and now she finds herself in a military jet speeding through the sky at five times the speed of sound after a top secret meeting with the President of the United States.

Rachel is a gister (intelligence analyst) for National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), she sifts through raw data, determines what's what, then writes an eyes only report for the President, though before today she'd never met the man. One man she has met though, is her father, who just happens to be the opposition candidate.

The president has called Rachel in to the White House, because an important discovery has been made and he wants her to authenticate it. However, he doesn't tell her what it is, instead he says he wants her to see it first hand, without any preconceived notions.

The plane takes her to a hastily built station in the Arctic where NASA has discovered a meteor supposedly locked untouched in the frozen ice since 1716. The meteor has insect fossils much larger than anything ever found on Earth. NASA it seems has discovered proof of extraterritorial life.

And wouldn't you know it, NASA has been in trouble lately. In fact it's the political football Rachel's father has been bashing the President with. After Rachel and some other civilian scientists authenticate the find, one of them spies something fishy and he is immediately made dead. The others see some anomalies as well and one of them is killed out on the ice and now Kate and her surviving two companions are running for their lives as an elite Delta Force unit is trying to track and kill them.

It would appear that a giant fraud has been underfoot, but who is behind it, the President, NASA or someone else, someone diabolical with his own agenda? And will Rachel get out of the frozen north alive. Well, of course, but will she stop the bad guy, get her man and live happily ever after, well that's something else altogether and you'll have to read the book to find out.

Dan Brown has delivered a thriller that is bound to be made into a movie one day. Lots of action, plenty of adventure, great characters, a plot that never quits, terrific settings and an ending you'll never see coming, just a darn fine, stupendous read this book is.

Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne

Very Good (1/1 people found this helpful)

The story was very good and I think the characters had a lot more depth to them than those in 'Digital Fortress', which i have to say, that after reading the four dan brown books, has to be my least favourite.

The story took a while to get going, and at first I wasn't impressed. It took my a good 3 quarters of the book to get into it, but after that I had to stay up until four in the morning to finish it cos it was killing me.

If you haven't of read 'Digital Fortrss' then i strongly recommend that first cos it makes this one a hell of a lot better. But if you didn't enjoy 'Angels & Demons' (which clearly is the BEST Dan Brown book) then I wouldn't recommend it as you have to commit to it a lot, which you didn't have to in 'Angels Demons'.

Excellent again (1/1 people found this helpful)

Amazing story i wish he would bring out more. Not as good as some of the others, but at this kind of standard you cant say this was any less than fantastic.

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