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. And since this is a Dan Brown, chaos and conspiracy ensue.

I like this much more than Angels and Demons, and the Da Vinci code. I heretically claim that those two are only famous because they're as controversial as if there's no tomorrow. This one is awesome. But very disturbing.
The evil guys do so many terrible things and are generally very evil, but the one phrase that really made me shudder was 'killing an innocent geologist in cold blood'.