Deception Point, Dan Brown

Dan Brown has an interesting and often unexpected twist to his books; one of the main characters could be a culprit, or something that seems right suddenly turns out to be wrong… this is just a brief glimpse to deception point. Basically, this is the story about NASA trying to revive itself during the presidential elections: the current president, and the senator for the elections (Zach Herney) wants to keep NASA the way it is, and the other senator (Sedgewick Sexton) wants to privatize NASA, because it is a failure, swallowing money as if it were water. But then, something is found beneath the arctic, which would justify every American (tax) dollar NASA has spent in space.            Deception point is a book that is impossible to let go, because every page brings a new plot and a new question to be answered. There are a few central characters to this book, namely four civilian scientists recruited by NASA and Zach Herney to provide an unbiased opinion on NASA’s find:

Rachel Sexton: Sedgewick Sexton’s daughter, she seems the unlikely candidate for a civilian opinion, but in fact, it was a very good idea on Herney’s part: Sedgewick will have a harder time denying the discovery if it was also confirmed by his daughter.

Mike Tolland: made famous by his oceanic documentaries, he is in charge of making a documentary about NASA’s discovery. He is handsome, and is someone that can easily be trusted.

Corky Marlinson: a civilian astrophysicist, he is a grumpy character and someone who is very decided on what he thinks.

Norah Mangor: an ice analyzer who hates Marlinson.

Hours away from when the president is going to reveal this discovery to the public, the civilian scientists realize something is wrong. Very wrong. 8/10 for a gripping, awesome book.