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Deception Point
A shocking scientific discovery.
A conspiracy of staggering brilliance.
A thriller unlike any you've ever read....
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 charismatic academic Michael Tolland, Rachel uncovers the unthinkable—evidence of scientific trickery—a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy.
But before Rachel can contact the President, she and Michael are attacked by a deadly task force…a private team of assassins controlled by a mysterious powerbroker who will stop at nothing to hide the truth. Fleeing for their lives in an environment as desolate as it is lethal, they possess only one hope, to find out who is behind this masterful ploy. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all…
A conspiracy of staggering brilliance.
A thriller unlike any you've ever read....
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 charismatic academic Michael Tolland, Rachel uncovers the unthinkable—evidence of scientific trickery—a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy.
But before Rachel can contact the President, she and Michael are attacked by a deadly task force…a private team of assassins controlled by a mysterious powerbroker who will stop at nothing to hide the truth. Fleeing for their lives in an environment as desolate as it is lethal, they possess only one hope, to find out who is behind this masterful ploy. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all…
556 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2001
About the author
Dan Brown
79 books114k followersDan Brown is the author of numerous #1 bestselling novels, including The Da Vinci Code, which has become one of the best selling novels of all time as well as the subject of intellectual debate among readers and scholars. Brown’s novels are published in 56 languages around the world with over 200 million copies in print.
In 2005, Brown was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine, whose editors credited him with “keeping the publishing industry afloat; renewed interest in Leonardo da Vinci and early Christian history; spiking tourism to Paris and Rome; a growing membership in secret societies; the ire of Cardinals in Rome; eight books denying the claims of the novel and seven guides to read along with it; a flood of historical thrillers; and a major motion picture franchise.”
The son of a mathematics teacher and a church organist, Brown was raised on a prep school campus where he developed a fascination with the paradoxical interplay between science and religion. These themes eventually formed the backdrop for his books. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he later returned to teach English before focusing his attention full time to writing. He lives in New England with his yellow lab, Winston.
Brown’s latest novel, Origin, explores two of the fundamental questions of humankind: Where do we come from? Where are we going?
In 2005, Brown was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine, whose editors credited him with “keeping the publishing industry afloat; renewed interest in Leonardo da Vinci and early Christian history; spiking tourism to Paris and Rome; a growing membership in secret societies; the ire of Cardinals in Rome; eight books denying the claims of the novel and seven guides to read along with it; a flood of historical thrillers; and a major motion picture franchise.”
The son of a mathematics teacher and a church organist, Brown was raised on a prep school campus where he developed a fascination with the paradoxical interplay between science and religion. These themes eventually formed the backdrop for his books. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he later returned to teach English before focusing his attention full time to writing. He lives in New England with his yellow lab, Winston.
Brown’s latest novel, Origin, explores two of the fundamental questions of humankind: Where do we come from? Where are we going?
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November 2, 2024
NASA-in satelit otkriva rijedak predmet zakopan u ledenjaku Milne. S obzirom na to da je svemirska agencija u kontinuiranim novčanim problemima zbog propalih projekata te da nacija polako gubi nadu u njezinu vrijednost, važnost ovog otkrića za nju je neprocjenjiva. Ujedno, ovo je i godina izbora za novog američkog predsjednika pa ova vijest gotovo sigurno donosi novi mandat predsjedniku Zacharyju Herneyu. On okuplja tim stručnjaka čiji je zadatak da potvrde autentičnost pronađenog predmeta. Poziv predsjednika nisu mogli odbiti oceanograf i televizijska zvijezda Michael Tolland, astrofizičar Corky Marlinson, glaciologinja Norah Mangor te Rachel Sexton – analitičarka Nacionalnog ureda za nadgledanje.
Tim stručnjaka na Arktiku ubrzo shvaća da je NASA-in pronalazak velika obmana, a njihov život u rukama profesionalnih ubojica Delta Force tima koji ih mora spriječiti da istinu prenesu u Bijelu kuću.
Dan Brown u ovom se romanu odmaknuo od Crkve i ušetao prilično samouvjereno u svijet političkih spletki. Autor pokazuje izvrsno poznavanje strukture Bijele kuće kao i nacionalnih agencija, helikoptera, oružja, podmornica, ledenjaka, fizike, astronomije…
Čitajući roman imate osjećaj da gledate holivudski akcijski film, i to onaj dobar sa zvijezdama u glavnim ulogama. Radnja romana odvija se unutar 24 sata u četiri fabularne linije, a protagonist u ovom romanu više nije otprije poznati doktor Robert Langdon već vodstvo prepušta analitičarki Rachel Saxton. Velika obmana uzbudljivo je i intrigantno štivo prepuno akcije i obrata u kojem ćete se hvatati za glavu (doslovno) ili gristi nokte od napetosti, a naučit ćete mnogo o fizici, biologiji i politici.
Mada mi je ovo drugi Brownov roman (nakon „Izgubljenog simbola”) koji sam žedno pročitala u tri dana, mislim da će isto tako biti i njegov posljednji koji ću čitati. Jedan jedini razlog tome je da sad već znam što mogu od njega očekivati pa mi to polako postaje dosadno i neizazovno. No, ako ikad ovaj roman bude pretvoren u film, svakako ću ga pogledati.
Cijelu recenziju pročitajte na https://bibliotekica.com/velika-obman...
Tim stručnjaka na Arktiku ubrzo shvaća da je NASA-in pronalazak velika obmana, a njihov život u rukama profesionalnih ubojica Delta Force tima koji ih mora spriječiti da istinu prenesu u Bijelu kuću.
Dan Brown u ovom se romanu odmaknuo od Crkve i ušetao prilično samouvjereno u svijet političkih spletki. Autor pokazuje izvrsno poznavanje strukture Bijele kuće kao i nacionalnih agencija, helikoptera, oružja, podmornica, ledenjaka, fizike, astronomije…
Čitajući roman imate osjećaj da gledate holivudski akcijski film, i to onaj dobar sa zvijezdama u glavnim ulogama. Radnja romana odvija se unutar 24 sata u četiri fabularne linije, a protagonist u ovom romanu više nije otprije poznati doktor Robert Langdon već vodstvo prepušta analitičarki Rachel Saxton. Velika obmana uzbudljivo je i intrigantno štivo prepuno akcije i obrata u kojem ćete se hvatati za glavu (doslovno) ili gristi nokte od napetosti, a naučit ćete mnogo o fizici, biologiji i politici.
Mada mi je ovo drugi Brownov roman (nakon „Izgubljenog simbola”) koji sam žedno pročitala u tri dana, mislim da će isto tako biti i njegov posljednji koji ću čitati. Jedan jedini razlog tome je da sad već znam što mogu od njega očekivati pa mi to polako postaje dosadno i neizazovno. No, ako ikad ovaj roman bude pretvoren u film, svakako ću ga pogledati.
Cijelu recenziju pročitajte na https://bibliotekica.com/velika-obman...
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