Another fast-paced thriller dealing with the NSA from Dan Brown. I found this novel to be right on par with Digital Fortress and thought that it was a very well-written thriller. From start to finish Deception Point takes the ball and runs with it like any other Dan Brown thriller. I like that the plot moves around in scenery from the Arctic to Washington, DC and a few points in-between keeping the action flowing and the characters moving around instead of being static in one place. The characters are well written and believable and, in this book, Brown has written another very strong female lead character as he also did in Digital Fortress.

I don't know why these two novels didn't get the press that the Robert Langdon novels did, perhaps it's because they deal with the NSA instead of having a religious based theme that stirs up controversy. Whatever the reason, if you enjoy Dan Brown's Robert Langdon novels or are just a fan of a good thriller, I'd recommend giving Deception Point a chance.

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.

It was a page-turning experience alright - only while reading it.

After I finished the last page, I have never thought about this book ever again. I'm not even sure where I keep it or if I still have it at all. Seriously, overall not impressed by this one.

dear reader,

My first Dan Brown novel. It kept me turning from page to page, thrilled by the action and fast paced plot. Lost by everything that was going on at once for more times I can care to count. Baffled at the new information the author was hurling at me all at once. Confused by the sudden and unexpected plot twists. And frustrated at the stupidity of human simpleness when reasoning possible motives for the death of their comrades or whatever.

The twist and motives for the treason weren't strong enough for me, and it lacked flow and intellect. The main character is female, strong, intelligent, beautiful, and rich (I didn't expected less from Mr. Brown). Anyway, typical super heroine from an action book.

I wanted more than just thoughtless and senseless action from the book. I was expecting a cunning and deliberate plot twists that I didn't see coming, but I eventually settled with it, considering it brilliant, beyond amazingness. The book fell short from it.

The dialogues are comical, but most of the times I found myself rolling my eyes to the "quirky" and "witty" comments of the characters. Please, nobody will ever say what you're saying, or joking the way you're joking!

Anyway. I didn't feel the "deception" the book describes, I just felt sheer disappointment.

happy reading,

CS

روايات دان بروان تتلخص ف سؤال واجابة :
-هى دي رواية ولا موسوعه علمية ؟
-لا حضرتك دي رواية ل دان براون ^^

الرواية اخفت شخصية القائد الفاسد واظهرتها انها الشخصية الشريفة "ويليام بيكيرينغ" ،، كانت حاجه تستدعي الدهشة اول م يظهر حقيقته ويتقتل بعدها بكام صفحه :D

حركة رائعه جدا ف مزج العلم بالسباسة ، ناسا و الرئاسة ... الحب الحب <3 :D

المغامرة والتشويق والاثارة والرعب والاكشن ^^

كفاية كده عشان انا انا مازلت مندهشة من جمال الرواية :D

3 and half stars!
I enjoyed this book, it was easy to get into. While I didn’t like some of the plot points this made for an interesting read.

My favorite Dan Brown novel.

Just like his Robert Langdon series this is sometimes a little silly but, like the better Langdon novels, it's also a lot of page-turning fun.

It's about NASA's discovery of a meteorite in the Arctic ice which seems to contain evidence of extraterrestrial life. This would be a huge success for NASA after years of failure.

It also comes at a time of presidential election and with the current President and his challenger Senator Sexton having different stances as to what to do with NASA.
The discovery of the meteorite therefore becomes part of political powerplay in Washington and Sexton's daughter who's working for the NRO gets caught up in it.

She's sent to the Arctic along with oceanographer Michael Tolland and some other scientists and, suffice it to say, things do not go as planned and soon people are either running for their lives or searching for the truth or both.

The themes of that story are much more appealing to me compared to the other Dan Brown novels I've read. And this makes me much more willing to give him a pass for some of his cheap tricks and the odd scene that requires the suspending of disbelief.

4.5 stars

I had a lot of fun with this book and in fact do still rank it among my favorites.

دائما مايبهرنا براون برواياته... قصة، حبكة، معلومات، اثارة، وجمال
ذكرتني هذه المرة بالمسلسل الامريكي
prison break
حين تلتف الاحداث فجأة على ابطال الرواية
فيتحول الصديق الى عدو والعدو الى طرف آخر....
ولن ادخل في التفاصيل كي ﻻ افسد متعة غيري فيها..
بعيدا هذه المرة عن فك الرموز وعن شخصية روبرت ﻻنغدون الخﻻبة
كان لدي فضول كبير، كيف سيدخل براون الاثارة -المعتادة في رواياته- هذه المرة..
حقيقة لم اتخيل ابدا مفاجآته... والا لم تكن كذلك...
واقولها مرة ثانية ان اكبر تحدي من الكاتب لنفسه اوﻻ وللقراء ثانيا
ان يجعل كل احداث الرواية الضخمة تدور في يوم واحد فقط... هذه القدرة الهائلة على بناء ادق التفاصيل في كل دقيقة تمر تجعلك تتخيل كل مشهد بتفاصيله... ولم يغب عني ذلك الاحساس بأني سأشاهدها فلم سينمائي يوما ما...

to next book ^_^

Τρομερά δουλεμένο μυθιστόρημα. Σχεδόν σε κάθε του σελίδα κρύβονται πληροφορίες που αποτελούν αποτέλεσμα πολύ σκληρής έρευνας, από χίλιους δύο τομείς.
Και η υπόθεση είναι πολύ καλή, με τις ανατροπές να δίνουν και να παίρνουν. Οπότε ξεκάθαρα μου άρεσε στο σύνολό του. Απλώς σε αρκετά σημεία οι "Αμερικανιές" του με γονάτισαν...

رواية جميلة جداً وفكرتها مثيرة وفيها العديد من الأحداث الصادمة ولكنني لم أحب النهاية حيث بدت كنهاية العديد من القصص والأفلام الأمريكية، أقصد النهاية السعيدة والغير واقعية

ومع ذلك فهي رواية جميلة ومسلية ولن تكون الأخيرة لدان براون

A meteor that's been around for 100s of years is discovered to have proof of alien life by NASA! Agent Rachel Sexton and celebrity oceanographer Michael Tolland, become some of the first to suspect something is amiss and when they start looking into it.. direct threats are made of their lives! Is this a huge fabrication to shore up space contacts for the corporates or is it actually real?
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Another huge, but strangely believable story by the master of this type of populist writing :) Another solid 8 out of 12 if not for readability, for entertainment.

DECEPTION POINT – VG
Brown, Dan – 2nd book, Stand Alone

Struggling to rebound from a series of embarrassing blunders that have jeopardized its political life at the start of this lively thriller, NASA makes an astounding discovery: there is a meteor embedded deep within the arctic ice. And it isn't just any meteor. Inside the huge rock, which crashed to earth in 1716, are fossils of giant insects proof of extraterrestrial life. Yet, given NASA's slipping reputation, the question arises: Is the meteor real or a fake? That uncertainty dogs NASA and its supporters in Brown's latest page-flipper, a finely polished amalgam of action and intrigue. Trying to determine the truth are intelligence agent Rachel Sexton and popular oceanographer Michael Tolland, both among the first to suspect something is amiss when the meteor is pulled from the ice. Their doubts quickly make them the targets of a mysterious death squad controlled by someone or something that doesn't want the public to hear the meteor may be a fraud. Together, Sexton and Tolland scramble across arctic glaciers, take refuge on ice floes, are rescued by a nuclear submarine, then find themselves trapped aboard a small research vessel off the coast of New Jersey. All the while, the nation's capital is buzzing as to whether NASA has engaged in deception. Or is NASA just a dupe for aerospace companies that have long wanted a bigger share of space contracts?

A rip-roaring action thriller by the author of The Da Vinci Code. This is a stand-alone focused on a Presidential election, NASA and a remarkable discovery. Another non-stop ride.