Deception point - Dan Brown

When a new NASA satellite detects evidence of a rare object buried in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory - a victory that has implications for U.S. space policy and the impending presidential election.
The President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Arctic to authenticate the find.
With her team of experts, including the academic Michael Tolland, Rachel uncovers evidence of scientific trickery: a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy.
But this knowledge puts Rachel and Tolland in deadly jeopardy.
Fleeing for their lives, their only hope for survival is to discover who is behind this masterful ploy.
The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all