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Deception Point
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code comes anexplosive hightech thriller that takes readers from the chilling depths ofthe Arctic Ocean to the treacherous heights of Washington power.When a new NASA satellite spots evidence of an astonishingly rare object burieddeep in the Arctic ice the floundering space agency proclaims a muchneededvictory...a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy andthe impending presidential election. With the Oval Office in the balance thePresident dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to theMilne Ice Shelf to verify the authenticity of the find. Accompanied by a teamof experts including the charismatic academic Michael Tolland Rachel uncoversthe unthinkable evidence of scientific trickery a bold deception thatthreatens to plunge the world into controversy.But before Rachel can contact the President she and Michael are attacked by adeadly team of assassins controlled by a mysterious power broker who will stopat nothing to hide the truth. Fleeing for their lives in an environment asdesolate as it is lethal their only hope for survival is to find out who isbehind this masterful ploy. The truth they will learn is the most shockingdeception of all.In Deception Point bestselling author Dan Brown transports readers from theultrasecret National Reconnaissance Office to the towering ice shelves of theArctic Circle and back again to the hallways of power inside the West Wing.Heralded for masterfully intermingling science history and politics in hiscritically acclaimed blockbuster thrillers Angels Demons and The Da VinciCode Brown hascrafted a novel in which nothing is as it seems and behindevery corner is a stunning surprise. Deception Point is pulsepoundingfiction at its best. «
