Name: Digital fortress
Rating: 3.618119266055046 (436 reviews)
ISBN: 0786259795

Dan Brown

Digital fortress

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), an ultra-secret, multibillion-dollar agency many times more powerful than the CIA.

When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls 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.
(front flap)

Digital Fortress

Cara Stegemann

<br />(Please note that my reviews are intended to be notes to myself - my memory is failing, and I need reminders about books I want to reread and books I didn’t finish. My reviews are not intended to be particularly useful for other readers.)

Susan Fletcher has been summoned to the one of the world’s most secretive organisations, the National Security Agency. Their unbeatable code-breaking machine has been hacked.

Susan is supposed to be able to help. But instead she uncovers the truth. They are being held hostage.

Can she protect her country from the most deadly of enemies?
--back cover

Sarah Sammis

I enjoyed the book but it took me longer to warm to the story and characters than it did for either Angles and Demons or The Da Vinci Code. I think Brown has more fun writing about art history than cryptology.

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, beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves throug

Sanket Pathak

Briar's Reviews

Dan Brown has yet again made a book that had me hooked onto his every word. This man needs to make more books and fast! 

In this novel, Susan is a cryptographer who learns about a brand new, unbreakable code called Digital Fortress. She must try to save the agency back in America while her lover is in Europe trying to save the NSA by finding the "safe key" to stop the code as well. 

This novel has twists and turns I didn't see coming, much like every other Dan Brown book I have read. There isn't anything more I could ask of Dan Brown in this book, since it was perfection to me. The chapters weren't super long, I learned many new facts and the novel kept me hooked onto every word he wrote. 

Anyone who likes a good mystery novel that is fast paced and addicting should pick up a Dan Brown book. It's so hard to put his novels down! 

Five out of five stars!

Mehul Srivastava

Same as all Dan brown books.Very predictable.

When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls 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 also for her life, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves.
(back cover)

Elsayed Zaki

Despite some of the cliches, It was a thrilling ride especially after the halfway mark. I liked following David’s part of the story, way more than Suzan’s. 
Overall, a really nice thriller.

Without wax,

الحصن الرقمي

Belal Alameri

One of my favorite books ever. I like the mystery and the love story in tje middle of the entangled situation. Also, I love cryptography 👩🏻‍💻

Mandy Picard

This book was well written and well put together. It literally kept me on the edge of my seat, couldn't put it down. Finished it in 6 hours. A Must Read!!

Nitin Khanna

Digital Fortress is fast paced, surprisingly full of information and yet never dull... I loved the twists and turns the book took...

Het Juvenalis Dilemma

Tom van de Bruinhorst

the end was really cool but that was the only really special thing about this book.

Karo

Sunelle Chamberlain

Few unexpected twists. Won't buy the book though.Nice to read, not a nice to have.

Ankesh Bharti

After reading the absolute intelligence and plot framed by Dan Brown in this book I'm actually thinking whether the author as in person is A Real Sherlock Holmes living and writing thriller novels for us? It's insane how he keeps the novel fast paced all along and yet delivers every minute details and also doesn't leaves character building. This is my second Dan Brown and I finished this in a day, and still I am wanting for more. 
The book lost one point cause I personally felt the factual data was crippling the flow off thrill at times but rather too small thing to complain about. But it lacks something my first Dan Brown read - Angels and Demons had : Robert Langdon! xD. I'm coming back to you on my next read of The Da Vinci Code :D

Digital fortress

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