أشار المؤلف في بداية الرواية إلى أن كل التقنيات و الأسلحة الموصفة موجودة فعلا ... و نشرت الرواية عام 2001 لذا و بعد انتهائي لا يسعني سوى أتساءل في عام 2012 ما حجم ما وصلت إليه ناسا و لا نعلم عنه شيء ؟ و لأي درجة من التطور وصلت التقنيات التي تستخدمها القوات الأمريكية ...
و على لسان مدير ناسا في الأحداث بالطبع أنه يوجد تأخر مقداره اثنتي عشر سنة بين ما يمكن أن تبنيه الحكومة و بين ما يعلم عنه الشعب ...
رواية مميزة جدا

Dan Brown is never going to win any literary awards that's for sure. Mixed metaphors abound ("a searing pain sliced into her head..." etc), the use of the word "ephemeral" where I'm pretty sure he means "ethereal", and the explanation of how due to a childhood accident where our main character fell into a frozen lake, she now suffers from "hydrophobia". As there's no further reference to her foaming at the mouth, I can only assume he means "aquaphobia". The list goes on.

And yet, it doesn't matter.

Deception Point isn't about literary prowess, it's about plot, pacing and frantic page-turning. And it has all that in spades. Reading Deception Point is like watching a season of 24. Sure, it's hardly realistic - in fact it's cliched and silly most of the time - but admit it: you're having a great time and you don't want it to end. And you can't go to sleep until you just find out what happens next...

There seem to be a lot of Dan Brown haters out there judging by a quick glance at the reviews. But frankly, if you don't like it you don't have to read it. It seems odd that the people who claim to hate his books never seem to have any trouble finishing them. I love lobster and Filet Mignon. But I also love a Domino's Pizza. This is a Domino's Pizza. It never pretends to be anything else. And it's a bloody good one.

Very good and engaging, because it's by Dan Brown, but not as great as Inferno or The Daily Vince Code. Actual rating 3.8

This is a real page turner. Quite an easy read that pulls the reader in with a fascinating plot, the occasional twist, and an energy to his writing that keeps one thinking where the story is leading to. Dan Brown manages to paint a vivid picture of the characters and surroundings, without laboring on details. Highly recommended.

Deception point. That's a disappointment indeed. The editor of Dan Brown was surfing at the time on the success of The Da Vinci Code by proposing this novel already ghastly. Deception Point is a novel published in the United States before The Da Vinci Code.
Deception Point is a classic thriller based on discovering a meteorite in arctic ice near the point of impact of an alien life form. Spectacular advance of human knowledge or error, even deception ??? What Rachel Sexton discovers on site sent by the President of the United States is not necessarily announced to the population.
Brown is no longer esoteric with this novel but loves secrets, even conspiracy. This book, plan plan, and length prove it.

Absolutely wonderful. I'm saying that right at the beginning.

I love this Dan Brown book so much to the point of fangirling. I think this is Mr. Brown at his best and perhaps his more underrated books out of everything he's published so far. I also have no idea why it's not being made into series. Perhaps that's a good thing because too much of a good thing can make the magic disappear, but I think I could live with one or two more Michael Tolland book.

I give props for the shocking twist at the end. I did not see it coming. For sheer entertainment value, this book has it all. To be quiet honest, I didn't mind so much the issues the book discusse or did I particularly care about the degree of truthfulness that the "conspiracy theories" this book provided. As with all Dan Brown stories, suspension of disbelief is still required to read it but, the heck with that! It was so much fun to read, what with the gripping action that ran throughout the whole story.

Actually this book had me at "NASA". (Apparently, I'm that much of a geek.) But then Rachel Sexton and Michael Tolland are such compelling characters as well. I was rooting for the both of them since page 1 and I wanted them not only to come out of this ordeal alive, but to have a happy ending. I was even in support of the romance that sparked between them, although I usually ignore the more lovey dovey parts in this genre. In this book, however, I thought their romance made sense.

Simply put, best Dan Brown book so far. A genuine page-turner.

Also: why is it not being made into a movie?

به شدت هالیوودی و بی محتوا :/

This is the third book by Dan Brown that I have read (the other two being The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons) and I think by now it's safe to say that I don't like him as an author.

This book, like the others, reads too much like a Hollywood script for me (in fact I can totally see this being made into a movie). It's not necessarily a bad thing I guess, just not to my personal taste. Also, if you've read other books by him you'll know what to expect: a male and a female protagonist, a mystery, lots of conspiracy theories, dangerous situations to survive miraculously from, and a twist at the end. This time though, we are not dealing with religious sects but with the NASA, the CIA and the government.

Like I said, this formula isn't necessarily a bad thing, and I'm guessing Dan Brown fans will like this book. But I must admit I found it a little boring and predictable, so I can't recommend it.

Head and shoulders above the rest !

President Zachary Herney, the incumbent in a hotly contested presidential race, is a strong supporter of a publicly funded NASA, open to the scientific community at large. His opponent, Senator Sedgewick Sexton, has made overspending and mismanagement at NASA his campaign hot button issue and clearly favours privatization of space research. NASA's timely discovery of a meteorite buried deep within an arctic glacier that provides positive long sought for proof of the existence of extra-terrestrial life seems to be the needed success that will put a lock on their reputation with the US taxpayer and a stranglehold on Herney's successful re-election. But when Herney's hand-picked team of civilian experts and intelligence analysts begin to sniff out the possibility of scientific fraud, Dan Brown treats us to a magnificent display of high intensity action and fireworks; the best and the worst of Washington political posturing, cover ups and power plays; and a deadly team of Delta Force assassins assigned to ensure the fraud is kept under wraps.

But, as exciting and as imaginative as it was, it wasn't actually the plot or the fast-paced action that put Deception Point into the category of one of the finest thrillers I've ever had the pleasure of reading.

Unlike so many other thrillers, Dan Brown has not sacrificed characterization for plot. In fact, he has treated us to a marvelously broad cast of realistic, well-developed, human, credible characters that fairly leaped off the page - Marjorie Tench, a bone deep ugly spinster bitch with an incredible set of finely, honed killer political instincts; Michael Tolland, a charismatic scholar who like David Suzuki, David Attenborough or Jacques Cousteau, seemed to be able to translate real scientific knowledge unerringly into a well understood and widely appealing television format; Rachel Sexton, the daughter of the self-centered presidential hopeful senator, struggling to distance herself from politics and retain her credibility as a skilled intelligence analyst with the NRO; and Gabrielle Ashe, the starry-eyed aide who succumbed to Sexton's political reputation and got trapped in a career-killing sex scandal.

The second feature that separated Deception Point from other lesser lights in the thriller genre was his exhilarating use of technology! In hindsight, Brown's one sentence author's note prefacing the story provided that little extra "wow" factor that left me awestruck -

"All technologies described in this novel exist."

As I was reading the story, I flagged no less than a dozen examples of astonishing gadgetry that I was completely unaware of. One example to whet your appetite:

" ... new experimental `IM' weaponry - Improvised Munitions - snow rifles that compacted snow into ice pellets, desert rifles that melted sand into glass projectiles, water-based firearms that shot pulses of liquid water with such force that they could break bones."

What do you think? Does it sound like I enjoyed this one? If you like thrillers, get this one on to the top of your reading pile today.

Paul Weiss

بعد أن اكتشف قمر صناعي جديد لناسا جسماً نادراً بصورة مذهلة مدفوناً في أعماق المتجمد الشمالي أعلنت وكالة الفضاء المتخبطة نصراً كانت تحتاجه بشدة... نصر ذو تضمينات عميقة بالنسبة لسياسة الفضاء الأمريكية والانتخابات الرئاسية القادمة. وفي هذا الوضع العصيب للمكتب الرئاسي يرسل الرئيس محللة البيت الأبيض الاستخباراتية راشيل سيكستون إلى الحيد الجليدي في ميلني وذلك للتأكد من مصداقية هذا الاكتشاف مصحوبة بفريق من الخبراء بما فيهم العالم الأكاديمي الساحر مايكل تولاند تكتشف راشيل أمراً لا يمكن التفكير به: دليل قاطع على حيلة علمية بارعة - خديعة وقحة تهدد بإقحام العالم في جدال فظيع.
ولكن قبل أن تتمكن راشيل من الاتصال بالرئيس تتعرض هي ومايكل إلى هجوم من قبل فريق مميت من السفاحين يخضع لسلطة سياسية غامضة.

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رواية مليئة بلاحداث والحقائق والمعلومات الي تقدر تستفاد منه وتستمع به جدا, اول مرة اقراء للكاتب دان براون وبصراحة كاتب مو بس جيد بل عظيم.
كتاب بكل هذه المعلومات والاحداث الكثيرة والعميقة وطبعا السرد الجميل يجعلك تستمتع جدا ب رواية وتصر ان تعرف الاحداث وطبعا التنقبل بين المواضيع والاحداث جميلة جدا وما تحس ب شيء ممل او عادي.
هاي رواية ياخذك لعالم صحيح هي واقعي بس يتكلم عن العمق خاصة في المجتمع الامريكي وهي السياسة والمشاكل الي تصير بسببها والتفكك بداخل المجتمع والصراعات طبعا للوصول للقمة سواء بطريقة جيدة او سيئة لدرجة ما تتوقع.
والجانب الاخر هي صراع بين وكالة ناسة المدعومة من الحكومة الامريكية ب ميزانية مفتوحة وضخمة وطمع الشركات الخاصة في الحصول على الامتيازات والحقوق الفضاء, كل هاي صراعات تبدا وتكثر بعمق بعد اكتاشف الناسا الاخير في الرواية منها تبدا كل شيء.
يمكن يكون سلبي نوع ما عند بعض خاصة بيها الكثير من الكلام وتفاصيل الكثيرة بس براي ممتعة
دان براون كاتب عظيم وبقراءتي اول كتاب له اكيد سوف استمر ب قراءة كتبه وطبعا انصحكم به.


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After NASA's new satellite discovered a surprisingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic, the flaming space agency announced a victory that was badly needed ... a victory with profound implications for US space policy and the upcoming presidential election. In this difficult situation of the presidential office, the head of the White House intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the iceberg in Milne, to confirm the credibility of this discovery accompanied by a team of experts, including the scholarly scholar Michael Tolland Rachel discovers an unthinkable: conclusive evidence of a brilliant scientific trick - A slut trick threatens to plunge the world into a terrible debate.
But before Rachel can contact the president, she and Michael are being attacked by a deadly team of thugs under mysterious political power.

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A novel full of events, facts and information to me can be learned and heard very well, the first time I read the writer Dan Brown and frankly a good but great writer.
A book with all this information and many events and depth and of course beautiful narrative makes you enjoy very novel and insist that you know the events and of course accept between the topics and events are very beautiful and do not feel anything boring or ordinary.
This is a novel that takes you to a true world. It is realistic, but it speaks of depth, especially in the American society. It is the politics and the problems that are caused by it, the disintegration within the society and the conflicts, of course, to reach the summit, whether in a good or bad way.
The other side is a conflict between NASA and the US government backed by an open budget and huge private companies' greed for access to privileges and rights. All the conflicts begin and grow deep after NASA's final discovery of the novel begins.
Dan Brown is a great writer and my readers or his book is sure will continue to read his books and of course I advise you.

Still one of my all-time favorite books. It's fun to reread it every couple of years. This was my first time listening to the audiobook. It was well done.

Decisamente non ci siamo.
Quando leggo un thriller di Dan Brown non mi aspetto I fratelli Karamazov e sono disposta a chiudere un occhio (o anche tutti e due) su tante lacune in cambio di qualche ora di onesto intrattenimento, però qui si esagera. Per una logica perversa, in questo libro i consueti difetti in puro stile Dan Brown sono amplificati, senza però quelle atmosfere affascinanti che sono state la fortuna dei romanzi più riusciti, qui inspiegabilmente abbandonate in favore di una debolissima vicenda a sfondo scientifico-politico.
Immaginate i personaggi più stereotipati che vi vengano in mente: lei bellissima intelligentissima e coraggiosissima, lui pure di più (infatti si innamoreranno dopo circa 15/20 secondi che si sono incontrati); non dimenticate l'indispensabile comprimario buffo a sdrammatizzare la situazione, dei cattivi cattivissimi e poi dei cattivi che in fondo sono buoni. Aggiungete al mix un traditore (che banalmente sarà quello che tutti ci aspettiamo che sia già da pagina 30, tranne ovviamente i nostri astuti protagonisti che si fideranno di lui ciecamente finchè sarà lui stesso a rivelarsi). Ora prendete i nostri (super)eroi e infilateli nelle situazioni più ridicolmente improbabili che vi vengano in mente; a questo punto le cose si fanno difficili, perchè dovrete superare voi stessi e pensare a dei modi ancor più ridicoli e improbabili con cui dovranno riuscire ad uscire indenni da dette situazioni. Essenziale poi un tedioso prologo di 150 pagine, che si accompagna benissimo a delle dissertazioni pseudo-scientifiche buttate dentro un po' a caso, atte a dimostrare quanto siete fighi. Ciliegina sulla torta: il mistero più loffio della storia dei thriller. Un'organizzazione governativa crea una finta scoperta scientifica per aiutare un'altra organizzazione governativa: wow. Fremo di entusiasmo. Ora manca solo l'happy ending di rigore. Certo ci è scappato qualche morto, ma a chi importa? Erano bruttarelli e antipatici!
Ecco, questo è quello che vi aspetta se leggerete questo romanzo, e vi assicuro che non ho inventato o aggiunto niente.