Deception Point: A Novel

By: Dan Brown

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 17 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

©2001 Dan Brown (P)2004 Simon & Schuster Inc. AUDIOWORKS is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster Inc.

Critic reviews

"Brown moves into new territory with his latest. It's an excellent thriller: a big yet believable story unfolding at breakneck pace, with convincing settings and just the right blend of likable and hateful characters. He's also done his research, folding in sophisticated scientific and military details that make his plot far more fulfilling than the norm." (Publishers Weekly)
"A dazzling high-tech adventure...Brown proves once again that he is among the most intelligent and dynamic of authors in the thriller genre." (Library Journal)
"This is pretty exciting stuff...and Brown certainly does have a knack for spinning a suspenseful yarn." (Booklist)

Concerns of Fact

The story is interesting, but at least part of the background info is inaccurate. My husband works on a US nuclear submarine, and most of the info in the book about subs is not at all true. (Unclassified stuff!) Not that I expect a fiction book to contain facts, but Brown writes as if he's done research on the subject and is telling the fiction story around it. It calls into question other info Brown's wrote about in this and other books (i.e. Da Vinci Code).

Though not as good as the Da Vinci Code, still interesting and enjoyable.

It does sound a little bit like the narrator is eating, as a previous reviewer mentioned, but I stopped noticing that after a while.

Lots of noise.

I almost could not finish listening to this as the sounds of the actor's breathing and swallowing mouth sounds directly into the microphone was driving me nuts.
the story while interesting was overly formulaic, and unfortunately dated. Not the best of Me. Brown's efforts.

loved it!

I really enjoyed everything about this book from the plot and characters to the narrarator

WARRNING...YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TURN IT OFF...A

THE story, the narrator, the flow of the story....all packaged into one well worth ride...with twists and turns that never see coming. ONE THING. i noticed several authors when making a reference to a news network, or cable news network...none of them know that this is also a network called FOX. I am sure comcasts programing, and direct tv, have FOX on there programing. Dan Brown, Greg Iles, .... they actually believe that MSNBC and CNN are news channels. Their bias does not pass the smell test.
Another story that is on the same scale....as awesome "THE RED SWAN"' I have listened to this book three times in one month. YES it is that good. Read by Dick Hill so you know you're in for a great story.

Excellent story, editing of the audio itself sucked

Hard to guess the ending, the real bad guy will surprise. At a couple of junctions, felt like the story was going on too long. I began wondering when it would end. Probably began feeling the drudgery and annoyance of the reader's super loud breath intakes, water sips, extended reading quirks, etc. The reader did a good job reading; however, the editing is either sloppy or just didn't happen,which seriously affects the quality.

Suspenseful movie material

Dan Brown creates an intricate story which left me guessing throughout. No spoilers - listen for yourself and experience this remarkable tale.

Richard Poe intensifies the story with his varying voices.

Deception Point

This book is great. I thought I would never finish it because it is so long but it was so good that I easily finished it AND read it a second time. It has the twists and turns that I love.

Too Much

There’s a lot of very rich information here. But it left even my most gullible self thinking it was too far fetched - The story dragged on a little too long for my taste. I’m a big Dan Brown fan - esp for how he is able to have you hang onto the story. There were many sections where I felt - please get on with it.

i enjoyed the book as much as the way the guy was

i enjoyed the book as much as the way the guy was readn to me

Mystery kept me listening every spare minute!

This book had a lot of technical details and was well researched. I appreciate that. Near the end I was disappointed that Dan hadn't researched military special operators. To think that highly trained operators are not carrying extra ammunition for their weapons or that they go on missions without carrying hand guns in addition to automatic weapons is pretty ridiculous.
Aside from those small details the book was rational, reasoned and logical within a very well told interesting story.