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Deception Point

By Dan Brown

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| Paperback | 9780743497466

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When a new NASA satellite spots evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory...a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the impending presidential election. With the Oval Office in tContinue

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Deception Point

'Deception Point' is Dan Brown's third book, first published in hardcover in 2001 and now reprinted in a shiny new paperback to ride on the coattails of his super-seller 'The DaVinci Code'. To read a techno-science thriller like 'Deception Point', yo ... (read full critics)

bookotron published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

Deception Point

Deception Point Dan Brown Pocket Books Paperback 576 pages November 2002 Rachel Sexton, estranged daughter of the charismatic leading Presidential nominee Senator Sedgewick Sexton, and herself a highly competent "gister" working for the little known ... (read full critics)

curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

26 Reviews

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Great read

Amazing book, keeps you guessing all through. Dan Brown knows how to write.

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Kelly said on Nov 20, 2009 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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Lukewarm reviews, but I couldn't put it down. NASA'S latest HUGE discovery plays a key role in the next presidential election - but are things really what they seem? Rachel Sexton, daughter to the next "hopeful presidential candidate" and employee of the top-secret NRO, along with her new-found sc ... (continue)

Lukewarm reviews, but I couldn't put it down. NASA'S latest HUGE discovery plays a key role in the next presidential election - but are things really what they seem? Rachel Sexton, daughter to the next "hopeful presidential candidate" and employee of the top-secret NRO, along with her new-found scientist friends, is determined to find the truth.

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Bashful said on Aug 24, 2008 | Add your feedback

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Engaging

NASA has discovered a meteorite in an Arctic glacier which has fossils -- of extraterrestrial life forms! Thats the premise of the book Deception Point. This is Dan Brown's third book. The protagonists in the story are Rachel, an intelligence expert for the NRO and Tolland, an oceanographer. There i ... (continue)

NASA has discovered a meteorite in an Arctic glacier which has fossils -- of extraterrestrial life forms! Thats the premise of the book Deception Point. This is Dan Brown's third book. The protagonists in the story are Rachel, an intelligence expert for the NRO and Tolland, an oceanographer. There is also Rachel's dad, a Presidential candidate who is hellbent on winning the Presidency by bringing to light the recent inefficiencies and failures of NASA. Rachel is requested to visit the Arctic to confirm the details about the meteorite. Could such extraterrestrial lifeforms have formed the origin of life on Earth? What Rachel discovers there casts a big doubt on all this.
The book is a good read. Much better than Brown's Digital Fortress. Much like his other books I've read, though the story is quite lame, he keeps throwing interesting tidbits that keeps me engaged.

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Ashwin Nanjappa said on Jun 25, 2007 | Add your feedback

gud one. started on a Washington note. keeps me going.
the ups and downs are catchy. and a lot of odds on their way. and our guys get over all of it. decently paced. Non Robert Langdon, which was good as well as bad. does that ECE exist? lol
thumbs up.......

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Akashmanvar said on Apr 24, 2012 | Add your feedback

Too Hollywood...

I read this book a couple of years ago and maybe I was just so impressed with all the 'factual fiction' that Dan Brown is so famous for that I got overly excited and thought it was a brilliant book. It's not.
The writing is cringeworthy at times and some parts are so cliche Hollywood its hard to r ... (continue)

I read this book a couple of years ago and maybe I was just so impressed with all the 'factual fiction' that Dan Brown is so famous for that I got overly excited and thought it was a brilliant book. It's not.
The writing is cringeworthy at times and some parts are so cliche Hollywood its hard to read. However it's not all bad its an okay storyline with an original plot. But that's about the extent of the good points.
If you want something fast-paced and exciting then here you go just don't expect to have any life-changing moments while reading it. And as for the last chapter with the love scene in the White House...come on....

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Lauraolsthoorn said on Feb 25, 2012 | Add your feedback

Typical Dan Brown.
Annoying narrative inconsistencies in a frame of perfectly researched details, obvious "surprises", cheesy cliffhangers at the end of each very short chapter, monodimensional characters.
Still, the story holds up decently and the reader wants to find out how it ends.

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Marco Piva said on Dec 17, 2011 | Add your feedback