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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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.
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- 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
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
Stuck on an airplane with this book, alas. Cringe-inducing in the manner of the film The Day After Tomorrow. First, within the actual Thriller genre, it was unpredictable not because it developed suspense, but because the action was highly artificial, Byzantine, and encumbered with red herrings. I'm also fairly certain that the omniscient narrative voice actually lies and misrepresents what some of the key characters are thinking, misdirecting the reader rather than leading her astray by clever omission. However, I'm not willing to subject myself to more contact with it by going back in for examples. Second, because although some of the ideas are interesting, people who aren't science fiction writers write science fiction badly. Third, show more because, as in The Day After Tomorrow, the science itself is so laughable. To give one example that should not spoil much: Some people are dragged at high speed along Arctic ice, including hills. They fall onto a partially calved iceberg. The iceberg falls to the sea (200 feet, if I recall). It submerges in water that has previously been described as being so cold that it feels like acid on the skin. The iceberg bobs up and levels. The people lie there for several minutes. Not a one of them even has frostbite, to say nothing of frozen eyeballs or death by Arctic dunking. And this is only one example. If internal consistency and authorial honesty are important to you, don't waste your time. show less
I've read two previous Dan Brown novels: "The Davinci Code" and "Angels and Demons". I found both to be enjoyable reads. "Deception Point" came out in 2001 and somehow, I missed it! This was another great find at the semi-annual Friends of the Library book sale. In my opinion, this novel was a "page turner" from the first page to the last. The plot follows NASA's discovery of an astonishing rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice. Due to numerous errors on NASA's part, the President decides to have a team of "outside" experts examine the object before notifying the public. The initial test results support NASA's findings. However, on further inspection, the initial findings do not add up. Who is to blame and why?
Is the Meteorite in fact real, and if not, how could NASA have possibly tricked some of the most brilliant scientific minds of the country? Is the President IN on this possible scandal, or is he a pawn of someone infinitely more devious? What about Senator Sexton? Is he who he says he is? Are his motives clean and pure, or is he just as bad as those attempting to fraud the world? There are some honest-to-goodness twists & turns you can expect in 'Deception Point' and a few genuine surprises along the way. Always fun and actually quite educational about the workings of NASA and it answers the question of why don't we see more privately funded companies winning contracts to launch into space? Get to know Dan Brown, do it today! You will show more NOT be disappointed. Highly Recommended 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
- Disambiguation notice
- "Deception Point" was sold as Meteor in Germany. They should remain combined. Thank you.
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