Digital Fortress : A Thriller
Registered by jamesmum of Richmond, British Columbia Canada on 2/4/2004
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
A good techno-thrilled - lots of computer stuff, which might make this book a bit tedious for some folks. The plotline is a bit strained at some points, but it's still an enjoyable read.
Going to BXer Avanta as a book relay.
Going to BXer Avanta as a book relay.
Received in the mail today. Thank you, jamesmum!
Lending this to my mother, who just finished The DaVinci Code and wants more Dan Brown. (I don't expect she'll make a journal entry, though.)
Read on the plane trip to California. Review to follow.
When the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls in its head cryptographer Susan Fletcher, a brilliant and 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 ingeniously complex that if released it would cripple U.S. intelligence. Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Susan 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, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves. From the underground hallways of power to the skyscrapers of Tokyo to the towering cathedrals of Spain, a desperate race unfolds. It is a battle for survival - a crucial bid to destroy a creation of inconceivable genius...an impregnable code-writing formula that threatens to obliterate the post-cold war balance of power. Forever. (Publisher's blurb)
Jamesmum's assessment above is fairly accurate, but this is a much more accessible technothriller than one by, say, Tom Clancy or Stephen Coonts. Less hardware, more humanity. Fast-paced and only slightly contrived. Good way to pass an evening or two without putting too much strain on the old brain cells.
Jamesmum's assessment above is fairly accurate, but this is a much more accessible technothriller than one by, say, Tom Clancy or Stephen Coonts. Less hardware, more humanity. Fast-paced and only slightly contrived. Good way to pass an evening or two without putting too much strain on the old brain cells.
My husband is currently reading this book. It will be set free as soon as he (a) finishes it; or (b) decides he won't finish it because he "never reads fiction."
Obtained from the shelf of BookCrosser avanta7 in anticipation of an upcoming weekend of wild releasing.
Journal Entry 9 by SLObunch at Cypress Inn at 7th & Lincoln in Carmel, California USA on Saturday, December 3, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (12/3/2005 UTC) at Cypress Inn at 7th & Lincoln in Carmel, California USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
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On a table in the Courtyard.
On a table in the Courtyard.
