丹·布朗（Dan Brown，1964- ）是美國小說界新寵，當今世界最暢銷的作傢之一。他的《達·芬奇密碼》一經問世就高踞各大暢銷書排行榜榜首，創下書市奇跡，在中國也掀起瞭一陣熱潮。丹·布朗的另外兩部小說《數字城堡》和《天使與魔鬼》的中譯本已由本社齣版。《騙局》是他寫於《達·芬奇密碼》之前的作品。

譯者：硃振武，教授，博士後，被媒體稱為丹·布朗的“禦用翻譯傢”，專著有《在心理美學的平麵上：威廉·福剋納小說創作論》等多部，譯著有《達·芬奇密碼》、《破解〈達·芬奇密碼〉》、《數字城堡》、《天使與魔鬼》、《禦珠奇案》、《魔犬》等近二十部，編著有《英語夜讀十五分鍾》（四捲本）等多種。學術興趣主要為英美小說美學、英美文學與文化、比較文學和文學翻譯。

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.