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Deception Point

  • 559 pages · about 9 hours
  • First published 2001
  • 96 editions

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1 About this book

Deception Point is a 2001 mystery-thriller novel by American author Dan Brown. It is Brown's third novel. It was published by Simon & Schuster.

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.

  • Mystery
  • Adventure
  • Political fiction
  • Thrillers
  • Political
  • Meteors
  • Conspiracies
  • Presidents

2 What to expect

A techno-thriller by the author of The Da Vinci Code, without Robert Langdon: an intelligence analyst is sent to the Arctic to confirm a NASA discovery that could decide a presidential election, and finds that not everything about it is as it seems. It combines politics, science and military hardware with chases across ice and sea. Short chapters and cliffhangers keep it fast, and its science is stretched for effect.

Good for readers who want: a fast political thriller, science and conspiracy, and an Arctic setting.

3 About Dan Brown

Born 1964

Daniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American writer best known for his thriller novels, particularly the Robert Langdon series Angels & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003), The Lost Symbol (2009), Inferno (2013), Origin (2017) and The Secret of Secrets (2025). His novels are treasure hunts that usually take place over a 24-hour period and center on recurring themes of cryptography, art, and conspiracy theories.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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