Deception Point
by Dan Brown
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When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory -- a victory with profound implications for NASA policy and the impending presidential election. To verify the the find, the White House calls upon intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. Accompanied by a team of experts, Rachel travels to the Arctic and uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery -- a bold deception that threatens show more to plunge the world into controversy. But before she can warn the President, Rachel and Michael are ambushed by a deadly team of assassins. show lessTags
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Wow, is this ever bad
Before DB found his true voice as the wild-eyed freak at the convention yelping, "No, you don't understand, this is all REAL," he got his start by trying to be the next Tom Clancy. The only problem was that, unlike Clancy, he half-assed his research, tried to get by on confident-sounding bluster, and wrote atrociously.
Highlights:
- Attempting to sound knowledgeable about soldiering by replacing normal terms like "wristwatch" with "military chronograph," then generically referring to every special forces rifle as a "machine gun."
- The worst comic relief in all literature.
- Dangling but withholding key pieces of information for many chapters in an attempt to manufacture suspense.
Honestly, if the man could stop with show more the unnecessary, dubious, know-it-all exposition, the book could be a lot shorter and more readable. Well, that and if he could stop resorting to repeated cliches like "eat my hat." But he's Dan Brown, so good luck with that. show less
Before DB found his true voice as the wild-eyed freak at the convention yelping, "No, you don't understand, this is all REAL," he got his start by trying to be the next Tom Clancy. The only problem was that, unlike Clancy, he half-assed his research, tried to get by on confident-sounding bluster, and wrote atrociously.
Highlights:
- Attempting to sound knowledgeable about soldiering by replacing normal terms like "wristwatch" with "military chronograph," then generically referring to every special forces rifle as a "machine gun."
- The worst comic relief in all literature.
- Dangling but withholding key pieces of information for many chapters in an attempt to manufacture suspense.
Honestly, if the man could stop with show more the unnecessary, dubious, know-it-all exposition, the book could be a lot shorter and more readable. Well, that and if he could stop resorting to repeated cliches like "eat my hat." But he's Dan Brown, so good luck with that. show less
La verità del ghiaccio è il primo libro di Dan Brown che leggo e l’approccio non è stato male. Sono sempre stata un po’ scettica verso i suoi libri perché quando una cosa è troppo di massa io cerco di evitarla (infatti ho letto 2 mesi fa il primo Harry Potter…) però devo in parte ricredermi. Mi piace il tipo di scrittura molto diretta e descrittiva e la storia mi ha comunque appassionato per quanto, in diversi momenti, sia abbastanza inverosimile.
Durante la corsa alla Casa Bianca la Nasa fa una scoperta sensazionale grazie ad un misterioso meteorite giunto sulla terra quasi 200 anni prima. Diversi studiosi vengono inviati sul campo per stabilire cosa nasconda quel meteorite e che sviluppi possa avere per la campagna show more elettorale del presidente, ma non è tutto oro quello che luccica…
Un libro da estate che non richiede particolare attenzione ma che comunque appassiona perché c’è mistero, fantascienza e un vago richiamo a qualche thriller per qualche momento di suspense o colpi di scena. show less
Durante la corsa alla Casa Bianca la Nasa fa una scoperta sensazionale grazie ad un misterioso meteorite giunto sulla terra quasi 200 anni prima. Diversi studiosi vengono inviati sul campo per stabilire cosa nasconda quel meteorite e che sviluppi possa avere per la campagna show more elettorale del presidente, ma non è tutto oro quello che luccica…
Un libro da estate che non richiede particolare attenzione ma che comunque appassiona perché c’è mistero, fantascienza e un vago richiamo a qualche thriller per qualche momento di suspense o colpi di scena. show less
Out of the four famous Dan Browns, I liked this one best. The actual
``mystery'', which you can see through after only a few pages, is resolved
halfway the book already, leaving you with another 200 pages of pure thriller
action, trying to figure out who the brain behind the deception is.
As always with Brown, very well written and unputdownable. Not the story of a
lifetime, but a very entertaining read nevertheless.
``mystery'', which you can see through after only a few pages, is resolved
halfway the book already, leaving you with another 200 pages of pure thriller
action, trying to figure out who the brain behind the deception is.
As always with Brown, very well written and unputdownable. Not the story of a
lifetime, but a very entertaining read nevertheless.
اربع نجمات ونصف
وقد كانت تلك آخر ما تبقى لي مع الرائع دان براون بغض النظر عن رواية الاصل فحقيقة الخديعة هي واحدة من عبقرياته
وهي ايضا ليست جزء من سلسلة روبرت لانغدون فلن تجدوا بطلنا الشهير في تلك الرواية
حرب جديدة ولكن هذه المرة تخرج من العاصمة الأمريكية واشنطن والحرب السياسية الانتخابية الساخنة show more بين هيرني الرئيس الحالي والسيناتور سيكستون الذي لن يتوقف حتى يصل الي الكرسي حتى لو على حساب نهاية اسرته نفسها
حرب ابطالها البيت الابيض وناسا ومكتب الاستطلاع الوطني الامريكي
رحلة تبدأ من مكتب الاستطلاع مع راشيل سيكستون وطلب عاجل لمقابلة رئيس الولايات المتحدة زاك هيرني
لتجد نفسها تتنقل من طائرة لطائرة لتتوجه في النهاية الي القطب الشمالي و ميلاني الجرف الجليدي في كندا
حيث عثرت ناسا اخيرا وبعد طول انتظار على صخرة نيزكية بها مستحاثات حشرية فضائية لتصبح الدليل الأهم على وجود حياة خارج كوكب الأرض
لتجد ناسا نفسها تنتقل من رتبة دجال الي رتبة صانع المعجزات
يتم احضار علماء مدنيين ليفصلوا في تلك المسألة وتخرج ناسا خارج اطار "مين يشهد للعروسة" ليثبتوا امام العالم عن طريق علماء محبوبون مقدما ومن خارج حدود ناسا ان تلك الصخرة والمستحاثات في داخلها حقيقيين تماما
لنخرج من اثبات وجود حياة خارج الارض لفساد سياسي من رأس امريكا الي اخمص قدميها
ليصل الفساد الي كل المؤسسات المهمة العلمية والسياسية داخل الحكومة
أحببت كالعادى تفاصيل دان براون والمعلومات العلمية الشديدة الأهمية والتحدث عن تقنيات واختراعات واجهزة واكتشافات حقيقية تماما وعلى ارض الواقع وفي منتهى التطور على الرغم من قدم الرواية نفسها
ولكن لم استطع ان اجد ما يمكنني ان اقول انه افسد متعتي بالرواية او تركيزي
بعض التفاصيل الزائدة ولكنها مهمة جدا لفهم الأحداث من كل الجوانب
لنصل من ذروة الاحداث لخاتمة مليئة بالمفاجآت المهمة والتغييرات ونهاية متقنة بدون تسرع ابدا
احببتها بكل ما فيها ووقعت في غرامها كما وقعت في غرام كتابات دان براون عموما
شكرا صديقتي داليا على المشاركة الجميلة في رواية مميزة جدا وميزها اكثر وجودك معي show less
إن السلام في هذا الكوكب لا يمكن أن يتحقق بالقوة العسكرية. سيتحقق بأولئك الذين يتّحدون رغم اختلافاتهم الحكومية.
وقد كانت تلك آخر ما تبقى لي مع الرائع دان براون بغض النظر عن رواية الاصل فحقيقة الخديعة هي واحدة من عبقرياته
وهي ايضا ليست جزء من سلسلة روبرت لانغدون فلن تجدوا بطلنا الشهير في تلك الرواية
حرب جديدة ولكن هذه المرة تخرج من العاصمة الأمريكية واشنطن والحرب السياسية الانتخابية الساخنة show more بين هيرني الرئيس الحالي والسيناتور سيكستون الذي لن يتوقف حتى يصل الي الكرسي حتى لو على حساب نهاية اسرته نفسها
حرب ابطالها البيت الابيض وناسا ومكتب الاستطلاع الوطني الامريكي
رحلة تبدأ من مكتب الاستطلاع مع راشيل سيكستون وطلب عاجل لمقابلة رئيس الولايات المتحدة زاك هيرني
لتجد نفسها تتنقل من طائرة لطائرة لتتوجه في النهاية الي القطب الشمالي و ميلاني الجرف الجليدي في كندا
حيث عثرت ناسا اخيرا وبعد طول انتظار على صخرة نيزكية بها مستحاثات حشرية فضائية لتصبح الدليل الأهم على وجود حياة خارج كوكب الأرض
لتجد ناسا نفسها تنتقل من رتبة دجال الي رتبة صانع المعجزات
إن الدفاع ضد الهجوم السياسي يحتاج إلى المنطق، أما الدفاع ضد الهجوم الشخصي فيحتاج إلى العاطفة. إن تصارع كل منهما معاً هو عمل من المستحيل موازنته.
يتم احضار علماء مدنيين ليفصلوا في تلك المسألة وتخرج ناسا خارج اطار "مين يشهد للعروسة" ليثبتوا امام العالم عن طريق علماء محبوبون مقدما ومن خارج حدود ناسا ان تلك الصخرة والمستحاثات في داخلها حقيقيين تماما
لنخرج من اثبات وجود حياة خارج الارض لفساد سياسي من رأس امريكا الي اخمص قدميها
ليصل الفساد الي كل المؤسسات المهمة العلمية والسياسية داخل الحكومة
إن الحياة مليئة بالقرارات الصعبة، فكر بذلك، والفائزون هم أولئك الذين يحسنون القيام بها.
أفضل وسيلة للدفاع هي الهجوم بقوة
أحببت كالعادى تفاصيل دان براون والمعلومات العلمية الشديدة الأهمية والتحدث عن تقنيات واختراعات واجهزة واكتشافات حقيقية تماما وعلى ارض الواقع وفي منتهى التطور على الرغم من قدم الرواية نفسها
ولكن لم استطع ان اجد ما يمكنني ان اقول انه افسد متعتي بالرواية او تركيزي
بعض التفاصيل الزائدة ولكنها مهمة جدا لفهم الأحداث من كل الجوانب
لنصل من ذروة الاحداث لخاتمة مليئة بالمفاجآت المهمة والتغييرات ونهاية متقنة بدون تسرع ابدا
أنه يمكن السيطرة على جميع التحديات من خلال التحدث بالحقيقة، مهما تكن طريقة لفظها.
احببتها بكل ما فيها ووقعت في غرامها كما وقعت في غرام كتابات دان براون عموما
شكرا صديقتي داليا على المشاركة الجميلة في رواية مميزة جدا وميزها اكثر وجودك معي show less
Deception Point by Dan Brown
4.5 Stars
From the Book:
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 US 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 show more the President, she and Michael are attacked by a deadly team of assassins controlled by a mysterious power broker who will stop at nothing to hide the truth. Fleeing for their lives in an environment as desolate as it is lethal, their only hope for survival is to find out who is behind this masterful ploy. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all.
My Thoughts:
It started out rather slow but by the fourth chapter had started to really pick up the pace...and from there the story moves very fast and is full of twists and turns. It has a very clever plot in which you are never completely sure just who is 'the good guy". I loved that I was never completely sure what was going to happen or what I really wanted to happen. I can't say too much more without giving away the next reader's joy of immersing themselves in this very entertaining book. I did think that the author did a marvelous job of tying up the story lines into a very well done ending. The only thing that was missing in this one was all the puzzles that readers have come to associate with Dan Brown books. show less
4.5 Stars
From the Book:
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 US 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 show more the President, she and Michael are attacked by a deadly team of assassins controlled by a mysterious power broker who will stop at nothing to hide the truth. Fleeing for their lives in an environment as desolate as it is lethal, their only hope for survival is to find out who is behind this masterful ploy. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all.
My Thoughts:
It started out rather slow but by the fourth chapter had started to really pick up the pace...and from there the story moves very fast and is full of twists and turns. It has a very clever plot in which you are never completely sure just who is 'the good guy". I loved that I was never completely sure what was going to happen or what I really wanted to happen. I can't say too much more without giving away the next reader's joy of immersing themselves in this very entertaining book. I did think that the author did a marvelous job of tying up the story lines into a very well done ending. The only thing that was missing in this one was all the puzzles that readers have come to associate with Dan Brown books. show less
I liked the story. Along with ghost stories…stories about ”things from the far deep, corners of outer space” also get a second and third glance from me and usually end up on my reading shelf. Welcome aboard [Deception Point]! Readers may find the start of the story to drag a bit… but just keep reading…it will pick up. At the outset of the story…Rachel, who is a senator’s daughter and a member of the National Reconnaissance Office, whose job it is to digest information into reports used by the White House… is whisked off to a spot somewhere near the Arctic Circle where NASA is trying to recover a meteor with what looks like fossils of extraterrestrial life on it from underneath two hundred feet of ice. Of course things show more aren’t quite what they seem. We find a small band of Delta Force soldiers secretly watching the NASA encampment. The more that Rachel learns about the meteor…with the help of popular scientist Michael Tolland and a NASA techie by the name of Corky…the less sense things make. Dan Brown…as usual… knows his material and how to make the “do -hicky gadgetry” more believable than the some of the characters… point in evidence, the Delta Force soldiers’ guns that create bullets out of snow…really cool… but not easily believable. Not saying it's impossible...but... As I said, I liked the story enough to give it 5 stars but it could have done well without all the government shenanigans and secret plots. show less
Be ready to put your suspension of disbelief skills into high gear for this one - you'll need them.
Like his other novels, Deception Point has relatively flat characters, is short on substance, and has a plot that's fairly unbelievable, relying heavily on coincidence to move forward. The chapters are short and the pace is fast. Like his other novels, this is "fact based fiction" - the exposition is heavily laiden with tidbits about science, history, and our amazing world.
Now, while that might sound like a damning review, it's actually not - that's exactly what you should expect from Dan Brown, and the kind of "pulp thriller" genre that he rights in. It's the kind of book that's meant to be read on a train or on the beach, the short show more chapters and shorter scenes making it easy to put down and pick up again without missing much. Which isn't to say that the action isn't constant making for a fairly engrossing page-turner.
Now, judging it in that context, Deception Point is only so-so. My biggest gripe with it is simply in the facts that pepper the plot - his revelations about the realities of the Arctic environment, sharks, and UFO sightings (among others) are far less obscure than the history that he drew upon to make Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code interesting. Deception Point also suffers from an especially unbelievable plot that makes suspension of disbelief quite a challenge.
It's worth reading if you're looking for something with pure entertainment value and are a fan of his other books - just don't expect too much else from it. show less
Like his other novels, Deception Point has relatively flat characters, is short on substance, and has a plot that's fairly unbelievable, relying heavily on coincidence to move forward. The chapters are short and the pace is fast. Like his other novels, this is "fact based fiction" - the exposition is heavily laiden with tidbits about science, history, and our amazing world.
Now, while that might sound like a damning review, it's actually not - that's exactly what you should expect from Dan Brown, and the kind of "pulp thriller" genre that he rights in. It's the kind of book that's meant to be read on a train or on the beach, the short show more chapters and shorter scenes making it easy to put down and pick up again without missing much. Which isn't to say that the action isn't constant making for a fairly engrossing page-turner.
Now, judging it in that context, Deception Point is only so-so. My biggest gripe with it is simply in the facts that pepper the plot - his revelations about the realities of the Arctic environment, sharks, and UFO sightings (among others) are far less obscure than the history that he drew upon to make Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code interesting. Deception Point also suffers from an especially unbelievable plot that makes suspension of disbelief quite a challenge.
It's worth reading if you're looking for something with pure entertainment value and are a fan of his other books - just don't expect too much else from it. show less
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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 far more fulfilling than the norm.
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Dan Brown was born in Exeter, New Hampshire on June 22, 1964. He was a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he spent time as an English teacher before turning his efforts to writing. In 1996, his interest in code-breaking and covert government agencies led him to write his first novel, Digital Fortress, which quickly show more became a #1 national bestselling eBook. In its first week on sale, The Da Vinci Code debuted at #1 on The New York Times Bestseller list, simultaneously topping bestseller lists at The Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and San Francisco Chronicle. Later, the book hit #1 on every major bestseller list in the country. The book was made into a motion picture by Columbia Pictures, starring Tom Hanks. Brown's other works include Deception Point; Angels and Demons, which was also adapted into a film, The Lost Symbol, and Inferno, which was recently adapted into a film. Origin is his latest New York Times bestseller. His novels have been translated and published in more than 50 languages around the world. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- De Delta deceptie
- Original title
- Deception Point
- Original publication date
- 2001
- People/Characters
- Rachel Sexton; Michael Tolland; Sedgewick Sexton (AKA Thomas Sedgewick Sexton); Corky Marlinson; President Zachary Herney; William Pickering (show all 7); Gabrielle Ashe
- Important places
- National Mall, Washington D.C., USA; Arctic; White House, Washington, D.C., USA; Arctic Ocean; Fairfax, Virginia, USA
- Epigraph
- If this discovery is confirmed, it will surely be one of the most stunning insights into our universe that science has ever uncovered. Its implications are as far-reaching and awe-inspiring as can be imagined. Even as it prom... (show all)ises answers to some of out oldest questions, it poses still others even more fundamental.
-President Bill Clinton, in a press conference following a discovery known as ALH84001 on August 7, 1996 - First words
- Death, in this forsaken place, could come in countless forms.
- Quotations*
- Als deze ontdekking juist blijkt te zijn, vormt die ongetwijfeld een van de belangrijkste bijdragen aan onze kennis van het heelal die de wetenschap ooit heeft geleverd. De consequenties zijn ontzagwekkend en verreikend. En t... (show all)erwijl enkele van onze oudste vragen nu lijken te worden beantwoord, worden er ook nieuwe, nog fundamentelere opgeworpen.
- President Bill Clinton op 07 augustus 1997, in een persconferentie naar aanleiding van een ontdekking die wordt aangeduid als ALH84001 - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Unimpressed, the creature moved on.
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- Flynn, Vince; Penzler, Otto
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- English
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- "Deception Point" was sold as Meteor in Germany. They should remain combined. Thank you.
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