Deception point

by Dan Brown

Deception point

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February 1st 2006 (first published 2001) by Jean-Claude Lattès (Edit)

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Paperback, 573 pages

characters

Rachel Sexton, Michael Tolland

setting

The United States

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2709626411 (isbn13: 9782709626415)

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Parker

Parker rated it:

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07/25/07

bookshelves: douchereads

Read in January, 2007

My aunt gave this to me to read..I of course hate Dan Brown but I figure it'd be fast and I could thank her for it, mention some interesting tidbits that are no doubt sprinkled throughout the book for idiots, and feel good about family duty. There is not one paragraph that is close to some acceptable literary decency. In 2 pages he found it ok to mention coffee 5 times. No, not fun tidbits about the history of coffee but just as action filler: 'blah blah blah,' he said while he stirred his coffe...more

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Nikki

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06/05/08

bookshelves: general-misc

Read in January, 2006

The formula is pretty simple:
Big Mystery + Male Protagonist + Female Protagonist + Code to Solve + OMG TRAITOR WITH TWISTED MOTIVES = Best Selling Novel.

And it's worked, so I guess we can't hate on him too much. There are people who swear his books are the best thing they've ever read -- I certainly wouldn't say that. But they are successful and I have to confess, even I like them, and when it comes to books I am Picky with a most definite capital P.

Digital Fortress is the first one I'...more

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Tracey

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12/21/07

bookshelves: borrowed

Read in August, 2004

I borrowed this from my father-in-law; like nearly everyone else, I'd read The Da Vinci Code earlier this year & was interested in seeing what else Brown had done.

Rachel Sexton, a data analyst/gister for the National Reconnaissance Office, is asked by the President of the United States to go on a rather unusual (and very secret) mission. She finds this odd, as her estranged father is currently running against the current Presi...more

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Chris

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06/06/07

Read in January, 2007

Dan Brown is the Steven Seagal of authors. Sometimes when I'm drunk, I will insist on reading overly dramatic passages of this book to also drunk friends. My favorite is, "he planned to ride that feeling like a wave, a wave that would take him straight to the steps of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue."

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Shannan

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03/20/08

bookshelves: 2008

Read in March, 2008

recommends it for: Matt Sanchez

I have now read all four of Dan Brown's books(author of The Da vinci Code. And like the other three, Deception Point followed the Dan Brown formula. In all books the main male character is a white, good looking very intelligent man with a broken heart from loves past. The main female character is white, attractive, very intelligent and always knows the right moments to be vulnerable or strong. The sub-characters are all short, fat, ethnic, homosexual, eccentric, and disposable.

Just lik...more

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Merry

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01/09/08

Read in January, 2008

My 4 star reading is really on the low side of 4 stars,I prefer to rate a book using the grading scale, this book was a B+

Number: 1
Rating: B+
ISBN: 0-671-02738-7

Synopsis from www.bn.com

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 ...more My 4 star reading is really on the low side of 4 stars,I prefer to rate a book using the grading scale, this book was a B+

Number: 1
Rating: B+
ISBN: 0-671-02738-7

Synopsis from www.bn.com

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? Brown (Angels & Demons) moves into new territory with his latest. It's an excellent thriller a big yet believable story unfolding at breakneck pace, with convincing settings and just the right blend of likable and hateful characters. He's also done his research, folding in sophisticated scientific and military details that make his plot farmore fulfilling than the norm.

My Thoughts:

Although this book is classified as a thriller, it was a thought provoking thriller rather than an edge of your seat ride. I was a bit surprised at who was behind the plot so that sort of threw me which is definitely a good thing. Typically I usually end up with a vibe before the reveal, and I had the vibe, but I wasn't entirely sure why this person would do it. No motive that I could think of at the time.

Both The DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons were written better and were more thrilling for me, Deception Point was still worthy of my time. I hope to meet Rachel Sexton again in one of Dan Browns next adventures.

The plot seemed to be a bit repetitive and it felt a bit contrived, but there were only moments of that feeling, it wasn't held through the entire book....less

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Ana T.

Ana T. rated it:

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01/02/08

bookshelves: contemporary, mysteries-thrillers, traded

Read in November, 2007

After I read The DaVinci Code, which I liked, and Angels and Demons, which I loved I put the other Dan Brown books on my wish list. I was recently sent this one as part of a bookring and decided to read it.

Rachel Sexton works for the National Reconnaissance Office as an intelligence officer. She is also the daughter of a Senator currently running for President. Her father's main offensive, and a very popular one, against the incumbent President is to attack the huge amount of NASA funding. R...more After I read The DaVinci Code, which I liked, and Angels and Demons, which I loved I put the other Dan Brown books on my wish list. I was recently sent this one as part of a bookring and decided to read it.

Rachel Sexton works for the National Reconnaissance Office as an intelligence officer. She is also the daughter of a Senator currently running for President. Her father's main offensive, and a very popular one, against the incumbent President is to attack the huge amount of NASA funding. Rachel is barely on speaking terms with her father, believing him to be totally corrupt, but is still worried she is being used by the President when he asks her to verify an amazing find by NASA, a find which will settle the arguments about NASA funding for ever. Reluctantly agreeing to view the find Rachel is whisked off to the North Pole. What she finds once she gets there takes her breath away. However, she quickly learns that nothing is what it seems, and, with two civilian scientists, is soon fleeing for her life. Stranded on an ice berg they are rescued in the nick of time by a nuclear submarine, but once back in the US their attempts to expose the plot show them that they can trust absolutely no one...

I ended up enjoying it but found that it lacked the fast pacing that the previous books had (especially Angels and Demons). Only the last third of the book equals them in the action department. Till then things happen but there's no sense of urgency wether in finding the clues or running away from the killers. The plot was nicely done, the find was surprising but I suppose one of the reasons I enjoyed the other books was because they dealt with historical people and monuments. Here it's meteorites and ocean life I don't find that as interesting. It's really me and not the book but sometimes a thriller is so nicely written that can sell me any subject, that was not the case here. Rachel and Tolland were really nice characters and as is usual in the Dan Brown books they give in to their attraction in the end.

Grade: C+, entertaining but forgettable....less

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LJ rated it:

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09/10/07

bookshelves: contemporary_post_1945, political_thriller, suspense

Read in May, 2003

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:...more

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Kanchan

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08/22/07

Intelligence Analyst Rachel Sexton is in her mid-thirties, is single, and works for the NRO (National Reconnaissance Office). Her father, Senator Sedgewick Sexton, is a popular presidential candidate surpassing the incumbent President of the United States Zachary Herney. The President sends her to the Arctic as part of a team of experts to confirm and authenticate findings made by NASA deep within the Milne Ice Shelf. NASA's new Earth Observation System (EOS,) a collection of satellites constant...more Intelligence Analyst Rachel Sexton is in her mid-thirties, is single, and works for the NRO (National Reconnaissance Office). Her father, Senator Sedgewick Sexton, is a popular presidential candidate surpassing the incumbent President of the United States Zachary Herney. The President sends her to the Arctic as part of a team of experts to confirm and authenticate findings made by NASA deep within the Milne Ice Shelf. NASA's new Earth Observation System (EOS,) a collection of satellites constantly monitoring the globe for signs of large-scale change, has found an extremely dense spot in the Milne Ice Shelf. NASA discovers a very dense meteorite. In it are fossils of bugs very similar to--but not the same as--species on earth. NASA claims this as proof of extraterrestrial life. This find is something NASA needs desperately, as the agency’s success rate on other fronts has put it in a bad light. Senator Sexton uses this as an example of government overspending and failure to further his campaign.

A group of four civilian scientists has already been studying the find and has confirmed NASA's claims. It is only hours before the President and NASA plan to go public with the discovery.

However, one of the scientists is startled by something he sees in the icy water in the pit from which the meteorite was removed, and before he has a chance to tell the others, he is killed by the Delta Force, a special forces unit of the U.S. Army.

What the experts and scientists don’t realize is that their every move is monitored from a listening post just a few miles away by Delta Force members controlling a tiny flying "microbot."

The other three civilian scientists and Rachel make the same discovery as their martyred comrade. They are unaware of his death. They have found evidence of seawater contamination, suggesting that the ice shelf is not pure freshwater as glaciers are supposed to be. They examine further, discovering that there is a shaft of frozen seawater directly below the extraction pit. It appears that the meteorite has been inserted from below.

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Keani

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11/22/08

Read in November, 2008

Akhirnya tuntas sudah 4 buku Dan Brown. Semuanya oke punya. Aku masih mikir gimana kok si Dan itu bisa bikin novel yang isinya jalinan antara sejarah, teknologi, keresahan pribadi manusia yang mengalir begitu indah kayak nyata.

Serasa baca bocoran intrik dan gosip dari blog seorang mata-mata yang tahu banyak tentang gonjang-ganjingnya politik dunia.

Mas Dan, kapan-kapan ketemuan yuuuk he he he...

I am now thinking how Vermont shares so many brilliant writers. Kipling, Frost, Brown...
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texast

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10/16/07

Read in September, 2007

i'm not a big fan of the "thriller" genre, but an ex-boyfriend left this book in my suitcase once and I decided to give it a go. it was an extremely quick and easy read, and was entertaining enough for me not to throw it out.

like most books of this caliber, it contains the following:

a rugged, sexy, recenlty widowed or divorced guy with highly specialized job.

a super smart, beautiful woman who has a great job (lawyer, doctor, politician, etc) and who doesn't know how pretty ...more

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Mike

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04/13/07

So bad. I was annoyed that it took so long to reveal how bad of a book it was that I had to finish just to see where the lame plot twists ended up.

It is just too far fetched. The Father Sexton character is not believeable at all. No father would act like that. The looked up a little science to base his book on but the deception point is about logic and statistical accuracy which he didn't research at all. The holes in these scientists logic made the book unreadable.

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Francesca

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06/11/07

bookshelves: crap

predictable
clearly unreal
presumptious
a bestseller (same thing for any other dan brown book. they serve their purpose only when you are ona plane for 15 hours) at least it put me asleep.
+ after 10 pages you already know who's the bad guy and you already know who's gonna fuck who and stuff like that...

DEPRESSING THAT I READ 3 DAN BROWNS....
BUT HEY, THOSE FLIGHTs ARE JUST MIGHTY BORING AND THE COFFEE IS ALWAYS TERRIBLE

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Sarah

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06/23/07

I keep reading this man's books to underscore my conviction about how formulaic his writing is. On the last page of each of the three books I have read, the two main characters finally have sex with some quippy line leading into it.

This book's titillating exchange:

What can you tell me about the mating rituals of advanced primates?

I'm afraid I don't really do primates.

Well, nature boy, I suggest you learn fast.

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Elizabeth

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11/26/08

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 the balance, the President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Milne Ice Shelf to verify the authenticity of the find. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the char...more

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Marc

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10/30/07

recommends it for: the garbagemen to pick it up

I really don't know why even read this. I could blame it on sister, who recommened it, but that would be too easy. I knew this would be trash and Brown is full of crap, but that did not really hold me back. Reading this instead of one of the many good books arround made me really realize that I'm half-ignorant and not much better than anybody else. So f. you Dan Brown, for making me feel bad about myself.

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Rebecca

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07/12/07

Read in July, 2007

If I could give this book .25 stars, I would. I checked this one out of the library on a whim because I wanted a face-paced, but mindless story to read. I guess, in a way, I got what I expected. The story is so far fetched and melodramatic without even one believable charater. Unless you have nothing better to read, including the back of cereal boxes, do not waste your time!

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Paul

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08/14/08

Had a bit of a special interest for me as it included remote sensing from satellites and I work in that business. This was the first Dan Brown book I read, and it captured my interest enough to cause me to read the series. Good pacing, interesting read, questionable science (but it's fiction, right?).

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Amy

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01/11/08

bookshelves: just-finished

Has a copy to sell/swap — Read in September, 2007

From this book, I learned that Dan Brown writes within only a very limited frame; his characters are invariably something like Robert Langdon and Sofie Nevoux from "The Da Vinci Code", and though the plot was interesting and exciting at many points, I was disappointed with this book as a whole.

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Shelly

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11/27/08

Read in November, 2008

recommends it for: anyone looking for an easy read

I learned that Dan Brown is pretty predictable. Before I even knew what the mystery was, I knew "who done it." Seriously... read the first quarter of this book and ask yourself who is the least likely mysterious "controller." Once you've answered that, you've solved it! I also learned that I could be whisked away to the arctic circle, face very physical near certain death SEVERAL times, debunk a national hoax, end my father's presidential campaign and fall in love all in ...more

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