Deception Point - A novel by Dan Brown: Book Review

United States of America is facing another Presidential election.
Senator Sedgewick Sexton Vs the current President Zach Herney.

President Zach Herney: A man of strong principles. A strong supporter of NASA.

Senator Sedgewick Sexton: A master of the political game. Has powerful friends.

Rachel Sexton: The beautiful and intelligent daughter of Senator Sexton. Working for the National Reconnaissance Office despite her father’s opposes.

Senator Sexton raises the funding of NASA as the main issue in his campaigning, as all of the recent NASA missions had been failures.

PODS, a NASA satellite, locates a meteorite buried deep under the Milne Ice Shelf, situated in an Arctic island. NASA scientists find out that this meteorite contains fossils of well-developed life forms – bugs.
As this proves beyond doubt that life exists elsewhere in the universe, it is going to be a turning point in the history of science.

The President invites four civilian scientists and the intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to validate this NASA claim to give it high authenticity in front of the cynics. All of them hail the discovery as genuine and revolutionary. A festive atmosphere sets among the scientists gathered in the arctic island. The President is preparing to announce this startling discovery to the world in live media telecast.


But Then……….


Someone spots a small discrepancy in the excavation site. Two of the scientists get murdered and Rachel Sexton is fleeing for her life along with two scientists. Who is behind the killer-squad chasing them? What is wrong with the meteorite? Will Rachel ever find out the truth? The plot thickens…


Deception Point is a fast-paced thriller from Dan Brown, the man behind The Da Vinci Code. Well, no! There is no reference to the Vatican or secret brotherhoods.

This is a science fiction with a helluva mixture of facts and fiction. An action packed story, which gives you no option but to visualize every sequence. As with all other Dan Brown books, the reader will come away learning so many amazing facts. Just take care to further research so that you will know what is fiction and what is fact. Dan Brown surely takes his research seriously!

If you are interested this website may help you in finding the facts in Deception Point http://www.spacedaily.com/news/arctic-04i.html


All this is not to say that there are no hitches with the Deception Point. For one, if you have read at least one of his other works, you are bound to know who is the villain after a few chapters. So, there are no surprises. The narration is highly mechanical and stresses your brain to work very hard to visualize every scene. And after a while you may give up and start to concentrate only on how the characters are finding out the truth.


So, do I recommend the Deception Point?

Of course! It is much better than Digital Fortress and is a good page-turner. No, don’t compare it with Dan Brown’s religious thrillers. You will be disappointed. The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons remain in their own class. And I personally believe that Dan Brown shines the best when he takes us to the world of mysterious brotherhoods and historic treacheries.

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