


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. Stranded on an ice berg they are rescued in the nick of time by a nuclear submarine, but once back in the US their attempts to expose the plot show them that they can trust absolutely no one. To verify the authenticity of the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. However, she quickly learns that nothing is what it seems, and, with two civilian scientists, is soon fleeing for her life. What she finds once she gets there takes her breath away. Reluctantly agreeing to view the find Rachel is whisked off to the North Pole. Set on the eve of a presidential election, Deception Point follows Rachel Sexton, NRO operative and daughter to presidential candidate Senator Sedgewick. Rachel is barely on speaking terms with her father, believing him to be totally corrupt, but is still worried she is being used by the President when he asks her to verify an amazing find by NASA, a find which will settle the arguments about NASA funding for ever. Her father's main offensive, and a very popular one, against the incumbent President is to attack the huge amount of NASA funding. She is also the daughter of a Senator currently running for President. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all.Rachel Sexton works for the National Reconnaissance Office as an intelligence officer. Fleeing for their lives across a desolate and lethal landscape, their only hope for survival is to discover who is behind this masterful plot. But before she can warn the President, Rachel and Michael are ambushed by a deadly team of assassins. 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. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic. She is also the daughter of a Senator currently running for President. To verify the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. To verify the authenticity of the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. Rachel Sexton works for the National Reconnaissance Office as an intelligence officer.

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.
