Dan Brown

A shocking scientific discovery. A conspiracy of staggering brilliance. A thriller unlike any you've ever read.... When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory -- a victory with profound implications for NASA policy and the impending presidential election. To verify the authenticity of the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic scholar Michael Tolland, Rachel travels to the Arctic and uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery -- a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy. But before she can warn the President, Rachel and Michael are ambushed by a deadly team of assassins. Fleeing for their lives across a desolate and lethal landscape, their only hope for survival is to discover who is behind this masterful plot. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all.

Deception Point

Terry Benzie

I haven't read Dan Brown since Da Vinci was de rigueur but my son has recently found him and picked up this book to discuss it with him. It's a quick read. It's fun. It demonstrates that Brown is really good at what he does and for people complaining this isn't Gatsby or Ulysses...it isn't supposed to be. 

Yes, it's somewhat formulaic. 

Yes...it's slightly predictable though I am fine suspending belief in the same way that I do when I watch a Star Wars or Marvel movie. 

I found myself finishing each (brief) chapter saying "damn, you, you don't need a cliffhanger every other page"...then reading on for "just a few more pages".

Briar's Reviews

I have officially read every Dan Brown book and I am begging for more. I did not find Deception Point as good as Dan Brown's other novels, but it was still an instant classic that kept me on my toes.

This novel was more of a political thriller, since it follows a secret NASA and the American Government have been hiding from the public. It was a well thought out plot with great character development, but I wanted more out of the novel. I wanted a little more suspense and thrills in this novel similar to Digital Fortress. 

This novel had nothing wrong with it other than me being selfish and wanting more action and thrills. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a quick read with thrills and unexpected plot twists. A great novel!

I also want a sequel to this novel, since I want to see all the backlash that happens after the secret is discovered, and the continued building of relationships between some of the main characters. But alas, I doubt we will get one anytime soon from Dan Brown. I will hope though. There is a lot of potential for the characters in this book for further novels, and potentially discovering other secrets different Governments or agencies have hidden away from the public.

Four out of five stars, since I wanted more action and thrills.

Ahmed Salem

Top secret project about a rock, came from the space, that may have a clue for a life outside their in the universe. Nice topic and full of excitement by Dan Brown well known style. You will stuck till the last page to find out about the real story about all this Deception.

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Top secret project about a rock, came from the space, that may have a clue for a life outside their in the universe. Nice topic and full of excitement by Dan Brown well known style. You will stuck till the last page to find out about the real story about all this Deception.

juliette

i always talk about how much i love this book. everyone talks about da vinci code or angels and demons, but we should be talking about this one. so so cool and even though i’m not super into NASA or meteors or anything like that, this was super fun.

Alost

Wow. It was way better than langdon novels. Only the NRO chairman turned out to be the villian sucked.

Raag Sudha

Not too bad, but idk I've liked other Dan Brown books more than this one. Maybe it's just me, but I think it was filled with a little too much technical, unwieldy description that I had little to no patience for. This could also be because I've been reading books with more rich, elegant and sophisticated literary devices than what I saw in this book so perhaps I may be being unfair. While the plot was definitely dense and hurtled along at a breakneck speed, I felt at some points it was a little too sensational and dramatic for the sake of being dramatic/sensational. 

It's not a bad book, but it's not that great either. I did like the tension, thrill and suspense, and it did make me stay up in bed to finish it, but I think that was a little more to do with frustration with how long winded the story could get rather than truly enjoying the book. I felt like this book was a little bit of a race for me to just get to the end and figure out what was going on. I definitely feel like many parts of it could have been shortened or simplified and it would have still retained its drama and tension, perhaps in a more interesting and intriguing way. But yknow, I guess Dan Brown would justify the long-windedness on account of thoroughness and comprehensiveness. All in all quite a good 'trashy' read, more of a once-in-a-while indulgence than anything culturally relevant or insightful per se.

Barry Hess

I know, I know, Dan Brown. But these books are reasonable in audio book format as listened to while driving 3 hours to my home town.

A unexpected discovery beneath the Arctic ice reveals an earth-shattering conspiracy of staggering brilliance.

Annemiek Nieuwhof

My first Dan Brown book I read, and still my fav

An intelligence analysist and a scholar discover a bold scientific deception but before they can alert the government they must elude a team of assassins.

Zwodniczy punkt

Tomasz

Wartka akcja, dużo ciekawostek - Brown jest mistrzem w tego typu książkach.

Bridget Howard

i liked this book but it was a little more vulgar than the other books i have read by him

Een NASA-satelliet doet een opzienbarende ontdekking op de Noordpool. Dat is een opsteker voor de ruimtevaartorganisatie, die al tijden onder vuur ligt. Ook voor president Zach Herney betekent de vondst goed nieuws: een tweede termijn in het Witte Huis lijkt in zicht.
De president vraagt Rachel Sexton, analiste bij de inlichtingendienst NRO, na te gaan of de vondst authentiek is. In allerijl vertrekt ze naar het noordpoolgebied om het werk van een team wetenschappers, onder wie de charismatische oceanograaf Michael Tolland, te controleren.
Maar na Rachels aankomst neemt de zaak een onverwachte wending. Het 'bewijs' lijkt minder rotsvast dan gedacht. Voor de president gewaarschuwd kan worden, begint een nachtmerrie op het poolijs. Een speciale eenheid maakt werk van zijn missie: koste wat kost voorkomen dat de waarheid uitkomt...

Na Het Juvenalis Dilemma - maar vóór De Da Vinci Code - schreef Dan Brown deze 'verfijnde mengeling van actie en intriges' (Publishers Weekly). Opnieuw besteedt hij aandacht aan een schimmige geheime dienst. Deze NRO is nauw verweven met de beroemde ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA...

De Delta Deceptie

Remco

Godwin Calangi

Abdurrahman Ardo

Jenna

Barkinyapar

Als die NASA mithilfe modernster Satelliten-Technologie in der Arktis eine sensationelle Entdeckung macht, wittert die angeschlagene Raumfahrtbehörde Morgenluft. Tief im Eis verborgen liegt ein Meteor von ungewöhnlicher Größe, der zudem eine außerirdische Lebensform zu bergen scheint. Rachel Sexton, Mitarbeiterin des Geheimdienstes, reist im Auftrag des US-Präsidenten zum Fundort des Meteoriten. Doch es gibt eine Macht im Hintergrund, die die bahnbrechende Entdeckung unter Verschluss halten möchte - und die bereit ist, dafür zu töten ... Meteor von Bestsellerautor Dan Brown ist ein hochspannender Thriller mit Science Fiction-Elementen.

Meteor

Franzi

Emil

Brishti Basu

Saad

Nick Halden

Danny Pallett

Oben Akin

Onder het poolijs ligt iets wat de wereld voorgoed kan veranderen...

Een NASA-satelliet doet een opzienbarende ontdekking op de Noordpool. Dat is een opsteker voor de ruimtevaartorganisatie, die al tijden onder vuur ligt. Ook voor president Zach Herney betekent de vondst goed nieuws: een tweede termijn in het Witte Huis lijkt in zicht.

De president vraagt Rachel Sexton, analiste bij de inlichtingendienst NRO, na te gaan of de vondst authentiek is. In allerijl vertrekt ze naar het noordpoolgebied om het werk van een team wetenschappers, onder wie de charismatische oceanograaf Michael Tolland, te controleren.

Maar na Rachels aankomst neemt de zaak een onverwachte wending. Het 'bewijs' lijkt minder rotsvast dan gedacht. Voor de president gewaarschuwd kan worden, begint een nachtmerrie op het poolijs. Een speciale eenheid maakt werk van zijn missie: koste wat kost voorkomen dat de waarheid uitkomt...
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