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Deception Point (2001)

by Dan Brown

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A shocking scientific discovery.A conspiracy of staggering brilliance.A thriller unlike any you've ever heard...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 authenticity of the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic scholar Michael Tolland, Rachel travels to the Arctic and uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery -- a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy. But before she can warn the President, Rachel and Michael are ambushed by a deadly team of assassins. Fleeing for their lives across a desolate and lethal landscape, their only hope for survival is to discover who is behind this masterful plot. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all.… (more)
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Good time killer, as most of DB stuff is.
  gkorbut | Apr 7, 2023 |
Good Book, Well written and also It keeps reader in a situation to not keep the book down till its finished. Well told mystery aspects also. How it is built with politics, research and sense of Mystery. ( )
  KavanaK | Feb 18, 2023 |
Da mi je neko dao ovaj roman da procitam, a da pri tome ne znam ko je pisac, pomislio bih da ga je napisao Majkl Krajton - veoma slican stil pisanja zaplet. U sustini daleko losije od romana koji su proslavili Dan Brown-a. Prica je bazirana na realnoj problematici sa kojom se NASA vec decenijama unazad suocava, takodje i na etickoj problematici koja se tice privatnog finansiranja svemirskih projekata.
Kao minus bih naveo elemente blage naucne fantastike koji cine da sam zaplet gubi na realnosti cineci ga na neki nacin pomalo naivnim. Takodje, sami likovi su jednodimenzionalni klise.
Zanrovski, roman je politicki triler baziran na nekoliko teorija zavere sa standardnom formulom "sam protiv svih".

Prica je zabava za jedno popodne i po meni vredi tri zvezdice.
Posto sam ponesto i naucio iz ovog romana, poklanjam cetvrtu zvezdicu. ( )
  srdjashin | Nov 14, 2022 |
I loved it. Maybe his best? ( )
  btbell_lt | Aug 1, 2022 |
بداية طيبة لدان براون، لكنها ليست مثالية.
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حقيقة الخديعة هي آخر رواية أقرأها في سلسلة دان براون، وفيها تساهلت في التقييم وبالتحديد في المقارنة بينها وبين الأعداد الأحدث من الروايات، بما أنها كانت أول روايته.
القصة بدأت -كما جرت عادة دان بروان - بجريمة قتل. ثم أتي تقديم الشخصيات الرئيسية: راشيل سيكستون ابنه السيناتور المترشح حديثا للرئاسة، وغابربيل مساعده سيكستون.
تتفاجأ راشيل باستدعاء الرئيس الحالي لمقابلتها شخصياً وتشك في أن الرئيس ينوي استغلالها سياسياً كابنه الخصم لصالح حملته اليائسة. تمر الأحداث وتجد راشيل نفسها أمام حدث هائل: اكتشاف قمر صناعي لناسا نيزك في أعماق الجليد فيه دليل ملموس على مستحثات لحشرات ستكون هي اكتشاف العصر لوجود حياة على كوكب آخر، ولكن تكتشف راشيل خطأ صغيرا يبدأ عنده ذلك الكشف العظيم بالتداعي شيئا فشيئا كاشفا عن خديعة كبرى، فما هي الخديعة ؟ ومن وراءها ؟ وهل ستنجو راشيل وتكشفها ؟

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شعرت أثناء القراءة أنى أمام أول تجربة روائية لدان بروان.. كل عنصر فيها من بناء الشخصيات، لطريقة السرد، للمفاجآت موجودة على استحياء وكل رواية على عكس روايته الأخرى(الحصن الرقمي -ملائكة وشياطين - شيفرة دافنشي)
فبالنسبة لبداية دان بروان الجيدة في (الحصن الرقمي) تعتبر هذه الرواية تراجع.
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الفكرة كانت أفضل ما في الرواية. أما السلبيات فهي المبالغة في أسلوب الغموض بشكل مستفز أكتر من آثاره الغموض. ووجود خط أحداث كامل تم بناءه بشكل جيد جدا إلا أن نهايته كانت أقرب ما تكون من الكارثية ومتناسبة مع نهايات رسوم كرتونية رديئه. ( )
  JforJimmy | Jul 12, 2022 |
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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.
added by Shortride | editPublishers Weekly (Sep 10, 2001)
 

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Dan Brownprimary authorall editionscalculated
Frezza Pavese, PaolaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Pavese, LeonardoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Poe, RichardNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Sappinen, Jorma-VeikkoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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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 promises 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
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Death, in this forsaken place, could come in countless forms.
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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 terwijl 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
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"Deception Point" was sold as Meteor in Germany. They should remain combined. Thank you.
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A shocking scientific discovery.A conspiracy of staggering brilliance.A thriller unlike any you've ever heard...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 authenticity of the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic scholar Michael Tolland, Rachel travels to the Arctic and uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery -- a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy. But before she can warn the President, Rachel and Michael are ambushed by a deadly team of assassins. Fleeing for their lives across a desolate and lethal landscape, their only hope for survival is to discover who is behind this masterful plot. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all.

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Kad NASA-in satelit otkrije rijedak predmet zakopan duboko u arktičkom ledu, posrnula svemirska agencija oduševljeno objavljuje to otkriće koje će imati dalekosežne posljedice za politiku NASA-e i na-stupajuće predsjedničke izbore. Kako bi potvrdila vjerodostojnost pronalaska, Bijela kuća angažira stručnu analitičarku obavještajne službe Rachel Sexton. Zajedno s drugim stručnjacima, uključujući karizmatskog znanstvenika MichaelaTollanda, Rachel će otputovati na Arktik gdje otkriva nešto nezamislivo: dokaze o znanstvenoj obmani koja bi mogla zavaditi svijet. No, prije nego što uspiju upozoriti predsjednika, Rachel i Michaela napada ekipa plaćenih ubojica. Dok bježe preko opustošenog i opasnog krajolika, svjesni su da mogu spasiti živote samo ako otkriju tko stoji iza ove majstorski isplanirane zavjere. No ono što će otkriti najveća je obmana! Velika obmana uglađena je i beskrajno zabavna kombinacija akcije i intrige, još jedan velik romaneskni uspjeh Dana Browna, autora proslavljenih bestselera Da Vincijev kod i Anđeli i demoni, koji ovim romanom ponovno pokazuje svu raskoš i majstorstvo svog pripovjedačkog talenta.



Als die NASA mithilfe modernster Satelliten-Technologie in der Arktis eine sensationelle Entdeckung macht, wittert die angeschlagene Raumfahrtbehörde Morgenluft. Tief im Eis verborgen liegt ein Meteor von ungewöhnlicher Größe, der zudem eine außerirdische Lebensform zu bergen scheint. Rachel Sexton, Mitarbeiterin des Geheimdienstes, reist im Auftrag des US-Präsidenten zum Fundort des Meteoriten. Doch es gibt eine Macht im Hintergrund, die die bahnbrechende Entdeckung unter Verschluss halten möchte ═ und die bereit ist, dafür zu töten
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