I don’t need to know how it was developed and its multiple uses. I’m happy just knowing that a secret helicopter has a big gun. They never quite crossed that line, but, please, I’m not a weapons expert. The technical explanations also verged on being too much for me. Dialog’s always better for me than description, but give me a plausible reason for it. The explanation was pretty weak and I was left feeling like she was there as an excuse for the scientists to explain what was going on to us non-scientist readers through dialog. Also, I never understood why Rachel was in the Arctic in the first place. “Oh, Rachel fell through the ice as a kid? That’s going to fit in somewhere.” It really was pretty bad. I know other people have had that complaint about Dan Brown since he burst onto the scene, but I honestly never noticed until now.
I noticed that the writing was a little awkward in this one. About a third of the way in, the action finally took off and I couldn’t stop reading. The pace was a little bit slow for me at the beginning, but that’s probably because I was expecting to get sucked into this book the way I have in other Dan Brown novels. I really liked Rachel and Micheal, and even quirky Corky. Overall, this was a fun book with likeable characters. But then questions arise and the civilians–Rachel, Michael, Corky, and Norah–are required to brave the Arctic elements to perform one last test.
The President is ready to announce the discovery and virtually assure his victory in the election. The organization calls in civilian scientists to confirm the validity of their findings. NASA, a hot-button topic in a contentious presidential election, has made the discovery of a lifetime in the Arctic Circle.
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