When a new NASA satellite detects evidence of an astoningly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory...a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the impending presidential election.

With the Oval Office in the balance, the president despatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Arctic to verify the authenticity of the find. Accompanied by a team of experts including the charismatic academic Michael Tolland, Rachel uncovers the unthinkable - evidence of scientific trickery - a bold deception that threatens to plunge the entire world into controversy.

But before Rachel can make her findings known, she realises, perhaps too late, that such knowledge puts her and Tolland in deadlyjeopardy. Fleeing for their lives in an environment as desolate as it is lethal, they possess only one hope for survival: to find out who is behind this masterful ploy. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of them all...

A lot of the time, when you think of Dan Brown, you think of The Da Vinci Code. Its not surprising really, when you consider how much controversy the book created and how many people it managed to offend, but in a way, its a bit of a shame. Brown has managed to write several other books which are worthy in their own right of being regarded as best sellers. I think a lot of the time, people buy these books simply because they were written by the fella who wrote The Da Vinci Code. 

I have to confess to buying this book for exactly that reason. I'm very glad I did though, because Brown's tale of trickery and deception at the highest levels of US government raises an awful lot of very good questions (which readers will recognise as a hallmark of Brown's writing). Based in various locations between the Arctic and the USA, Decepetion point manages to raise some tricky ethical questions and answer them in a way which leaves the reader feeling satisfied and happy with the way Brown has resolved them.

 Brown always manages to leave me half-convinced that these conspiracy theories and plots really do take place. In a way, I'm kind of half hoping that his next book will debunk the Moon landings. There is a conspiracy I would like to see defended.