Deception Point, One more Dan Brown’s Novel
Thursday, September 21st, 2006This is the first novel I read in its original English language form. I must become new member of Dan Brown fans club because as I completely read this novel, I have read all his novels such as the fenomenal The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Digital Fortress and the last one is Deception Point. Because I read in English, so I should review this novel in English too. I promise it won’t be a spoiler.
Let’s start the review…
The main idea of this novel is political battle in USA’s President Election which met Senator Sedgewick Sexton versus current President Zach Herney. With such several political manuver, Sexton’s poll was increasing day by day and it seemed kick Zach Herney from White House as the election took place. What was Sexton’s attack? He said that current government was overspending in fund for their bureaus, especially for NASA. Too much money had been spent for more failed projects which NASA had been done. Sexton would cut this fund and turn them into more usefull program such as education, children fund, and also another social program. It sounds great champaign for the senator after everybody knows that Zach Herney was NASA addicted fans.
Of course the White House didn’t keep their silence facing this attack. Rachel Sexton, Sedgewick Sexton’s daughter was the NRO staff (one of USA bureau) that very close to White House related to her duties. Personally, President Herney met Rachel in his Air Force One airborne office. He tried to persuade Rachel in such beautifull way to support him in the election. He explained the reason why he spent much money for NASA. This was the start of the novel’s conflict. NASA had proven the EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE theory by finding a meteorite fallen in the Arctic which contained a bug fossil!
This proove was beleived would kick Sexton from the next election because Sexton’s smug about NASA cutting fund was take place. In an CNN debate which the White House sent their senior spokeswoman, Marjorie Tench, Sexton said that he would had eat his hat if NASA could prooved that there was extraterrestrial life in a place in this universe.
Is that true? is there really another life in this universe just like NASA claimed? This novel is very Dan Brown. Misteryous, highly detailed description, slow plot but suddendly growing fast with special shock in the end of the plot. Brown describe what actually happened behind the scene of the election’s battle. Black champaign, underground meeting, hidden camera for detecting any illegal affair, and so on. It described very well. And don’t missed this one: Delta Force Army envolvement. What did they do? They are in which side? President Herney, Senator Sexton, or even any other side that still kept in the dark?
Eventhough this novel is in English, I can feel the story just like I read any translated novel. You have to write this novel into your must-read-book-list. Yet I can’t score this novel, because I also don’t have finished this novel yet.
