english, anglais, fiction, thriller, mystery, mystère, suspense 

Rachel Sexton works for
the National Reconnaissance Office as an intelligence officer. She is
also the daughter of a Senator currently running for President. Her
father's main offensive, and a very popular one, against the incumbent
President is to attack the huge amount of NASA funding. Rachel is barely
on speaking terms with her father, believing him to be totally corrupt,
but is still worried she is being used by the President when he asks
her to verify an amazing find by NASA, a find which will settle the
arguments about NASA funding for ever.

Reluctantly agreeing to
view the find Rachel is whisked off to the North Pole. What she finds
once she gets there takes her breath away. However, she quickly learns
that nothing is what it seems, and, with two civilian scientists, is
soon fleeing for her life. Stranded on an ice berg they are rescued in
the nick of time by a nuclear submarine, but once back in the US their
attempts to expose the plot show them that they can trust absolutely no
one... 

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Descriptif : Fiction
Résumé : Quand un satellite de la Nasa détecte un météorite d'une exceptionnelle rareté enfoui sous les glaces du cercle arctique cela tombe à pic pour l'agence spatiale, impatiente de faire oublier une série d'opérations ratées et fort onéreuses qui mettent en danger son existence même. En effet, l'un des candidats à l'élection présidentielle imminente est décidé à revoir de façon radicale la politique spatiale.