or joking the way you're joking! Anyway. I didn't feel the "deception" the book describes, I just felt sheer disappointment. Oh, you know...it's Dan Brown. Akin to a blockbuster action film--not much substance there, but thrilling and entertaining nonetheless. This one was creeps, not freaks (I hate the word freak, but that was too catchy to not include, lol), unlike DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons, etc. The creeps were government officials. The novel begs the question of whether or not (and to what extreme) it is "right" to do something wrong for a greater good. No religious weirdos here, or mystic occult stuff, but ...more Oh, you know...it's Dan Brown. Akin to a blockbuster action film--not much substance there, but thrilling and entertaining nonetheless. This one was creeps, not freaks (I hate the word freak, but that was too catchy to not include, lol), unlike DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons, etc. The creeps were government officials. The novel begs the question of whether or not (and to what extreme) it is "right" to do something wrong for a greater good. No religious weirdos here, or mystic occult stuff, but pretty interesting insight into modern weapons and reconnaissance methods, as well as a hard look at NASA (that actually seemed fairly well-balanced, based on the very little that I know of NASA ops). Nice, quick, entertaining read that insulted my intelligence a bit--Dan Brown and I have an abusive relationship, but I keep going back to him. Overt foreshadowing, for example,