Deception Point
Deception Point is a 2001 mystery-thriller novel by American author Dan Brown.[1] It is Brown's third novel and, as of 2020, his second and latest outside of the Robert Langdon series. It was published by Simon & Schuster.[2]
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| Author | Dan Brown |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Pocket Books |
Publication date | 2001 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 372 (hardback) 580 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-671-02738-7 |
| OCLC | 47625287 |
The novel follows White House intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton's involvement in corroborating NASA's discovery of a meteorite that supposedly contains proof of extraterrestrial life, resembling the ALH84001 case. The discovery comes at a time close to the United States presidential election in which her father is running. The discovery will aid the campaign of her employer, the incumbent president of the United States, Zachary Herney, but put her further at odds with her already estranged father, Senator Sedgwick Sexton, a senator who is running for election. Sexton, accompanied by a team of experts, must uncover the authenticity of the meteorite which will either make or break the campaign of President Herney.
Plot
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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