When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed triumph -- a triumph with profound implications both for NASA policy and for the impending presidential election. To verify the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic scholar Michael Tolland, Rachel travels to the Arctic and uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery on a scale which threatens to plunge the world into controversy. But before she can warn the President, Rachel and Michael are ambushed by a deadly team of assassins. Fleeing for their lives across a desolate and lethal landscape, their only hope for survival is to discover who is behind this masterful plot. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all.

丹·布朗（Dan Brown，1964- ）是美国小说界新宠，当今世界最畅销的作家之一。他的《达·芬奇密码》一经问世就高踞各大畅销书排行榜榜首，创下书市奇迹，在中国也掀起了一阵热潮。丹·布朗的另外两部小说《数字城堡》和《天使与魔鬼》的中译本已由本社出版。《骗局》是他写于《达·芬奇密码》之前的作品。

译者：朱振武，教授，博士后，被媒体称为丹·布朗的“御用翻译家”，专著有《在心理美学的平面上：威廉·福克纳小说创作论》等多部，译著有《达·芬奇密码》、《破解〈达·芬奇密码〉》、《数字城堡》、《天使与魔鬼》、《御珠奇案》、《魔犬》等近二十部，编著有《英语夜读十五分钟》（四卷本）等多种。学术兴趣主要为英美小说美学、英美文学与文化、比较文学和文学翻译。