Audio book.

Suspense novels are always fun, and Dan Brown is one of the best. That said, this earlier work while fun has some Grand Canyon size holes in it in regard to the big McGuffin among other things.

The bland but brainy and beautiful heroine has been called in by the President to verify data on a surprising discovery. This requires a trip to Antartica where a humongous discovery is made that will save NASA and get the President re-elected. Basically extraterrestrial life is found on a meteor under the Milne Ice Shelf. Implausibilities pile up as civilian scientists and the h are sent out to check on a discrepancy while back at the White House the President gets ready for his big reveal.

Side story where the heroine’s bad dad Senator tries to get a one-up on the White House and NASA.

The whole action occurs in less that 24 hours per usual for a Dan Brown book. Don’t get too attached to anyone as the body count is high and gruesome.

I usually like Dan Brown stories, or at least the Robert Langdon series. For some reason though this book just didn't grab me. It had all the necessary items - government intrigue, buried science tech, romance - but it left me feeling kind of flat. The characters seemed stiff and the story kind of dragged.