Absorbente , The Washington Post
Un thriller excelente , Publishers Weekly
Un enorme engao amenaza con hundir el mundo en el caos.
Un nuevo satlite de la NASA demuestra la existencia de un extrao objeto enterrado en el hielo del rtico. Este descubrimiento supone una victoria muy necesaria para la poltica espacial de Estados Unidos y es clave para la futura eleccin de su presidente. La analista de inteligencia Rachel Sexton y el acadmico Michael Tolland son los encargados de verificar la autenticidad del hallazgo. Pero en su bsqueda descubren algo impensable: todo ha sido un engao. Antes de que puedan hablar con el presidente, Rachel y Michael son atacados por un grupo de asesinos a sueldo. Un misterioso hombre los lidera, y no se detendr ante nada para ocultar la verdad.
Dan Brown transporta a los lectores desde la Oficina Nacional de Reconocimiento (NRO), en Virginia, hasta las plataformas de hielo del crculo polar rtico y a los pasillos del Ala Oeste de la Casa Blanca en un emocionante thriller que recorre los secretos mejor guardados del servicio secreto estadounidense.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Heralded for masterfully intermingling science, history, and politics in his critically acclaimed thrillers The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, New York Times bestselling author Dan Brown has crafted another pulse-pounding novel in which nothing is as it seems -- and behind every corner is a stunning surprise. A shocking scientific discovery. A conspiracy of staggering brilliance. A thriller unlike any you've ever read.... 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.