Before the multi-million, runaway bestseller The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown set his razor-sharp research and storytelling skills on the most powerful intelligence organization on earth—the National Security Agency (NSA)—in this thrilling novel, Digital Fortress.
When the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage...not by guns or bombs but by a code so complex that if released would cripple U.S. intelligence.
Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Fletcher battles to save the agency she believes in. Betrayed on all sides, she finds herself fighting not only for her country but for her life. It is a battle for survival—a crucial bid to destroy a creation of inconceivable genius that threatens to obliterate the balance of world power...for all time.
This edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback.
3 of 3 copies available
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781593975647
- File size: 344422 KB
- Duration: 11:57:32
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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The National Security Agency's secret code-breaking machine is stumped by Digital Fortress, a code created by a former employee that could undermine the agency's efforts to keep tabs on the Information Highway. The code sparks two chains of events--a battle with a traitor within NSA headquarters that envelops Susan Fletcher, its head cryptographer, and a race for the ring containing the key code, which draws in David Becker, Susan's fiancé. Moved along by both the abridgment and Bruce Sabath's breathless reading, this techno-thriller races at a lightning pace. Sabath's offbeat character voices, such as that of an NSA staffer nicknamed Jabba the Hut, are fun. The many twists will keep people guessing to the end. J.A.S. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine -
April 1, 2005
Digital Fortress is the name of a code that threatens to destroy the world's most advanced computer, located inside the supersecret National Security Agency. Susan Fletcher, a brilliant mathematician, is called in to find out how someone managed to inject a virus into the computer. At the same time, her lover is sent to Spain to retrieve a ring that contains the solution to the virus problem. The story shifts from Spain to Washington, and the suspense is maintained even in some of the technical sections. Paul Michael adroitly leads the listener on a roller coaster ride of murder, deception, and treason. Though people will check this out based on the success of Brown's "The DaVinci Code", it stands on its own as a contemporary technothriller of the highest order. Recommended for all libraries. -Joseph L. Carlson, Allan Hancock Coll., Lompoc, CACopyright 2005 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Digital Fortress is a computer program that creates unbreakable codes that would render the National Security Agency's supercomputer, TRANSLTR, useless. Code-cracker Susan Fletcher works with NSA's cryptology boss, Trevor Strathmore, to find information on the Internet about the dangerous program while Susan's fiancé, David Becker, searches Seville, Spain, for the code's key. Using an array of accents, Paul Michael conveys the suspense and frustration of the search. Michael's clear, relaxed reading style is a perfect fit to convey the frontier of cyberspace, where the line between defending us and controlling us is very thin indeed. S.C.A. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine
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Twists and turns abound right up to the last line in Dan Brown's DIGITAL FORTRESS. The author of THE DA VINCI CODE has written a complex story about the National Security Agency being held hostage by a dead encryption expert. Keeping the characters straight could be a challenge were it not for the variation of voice that Paul Michael uses for each character. His delivery conveys just the right amount of tension and surprise. The unabridged version of this thriller ensures that listeners don't miss any of the subplots and may even leave some wondering if the story is truth or fiction. S.K.P. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine
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Brown's FORTRESS is strong in plot and action but average in presentation by reader Patrick Cohen. Its heroine, Susan Fletcher, a stunning mathematician and cryptographer, is charged by the top secret National Security Agency with breaking an ingenious code that threatens the U.S. intelligence community. Cohen's voice is pleasing enough, but he makes no effort to differentiate between characters--or events. The listener is left with the impression that Cohen is reading a paper--not performing a story. A.L.H. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine
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