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Digital Fortress
Digital Fortress
Author: Dan Brown
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, 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 ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780312944926
ISBN-10: 0312944926
Publication Date: 11/4/2008
Pages: 384
Edition: Second Edition, Revi
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 201 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 7
Much better than my first Dan Brown read (DaVinci Code)! Writing is decent, there is a fast moving plot with several twists throughout.
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Helpful Score: 7
This is a bit different from Dan Brown's other books but of a similar theme. It is exciting and suspenseful, and I really enjoyed it.
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Helpful Score: 6
Very interesting book that makes you think. Dan Brown really knows how to scare you!
lildrafire avatar reviewed Digital Fortress on + 117 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
Excellent thriller! I loved the twists and turns--a real page turner!
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Helpful Score: 5
woo hoo, what a page turner! Fast paced and keept me guessing all the way through. I have recomended this book to many readers!
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Too Busy. I am not an IT and after reading this book, I'll Never want to be.
Ironic - busy AND Boring. Do not recommend, unless you are into IT.
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Great book; couldn't put it down. I've just started reading mysteries, and most seem to have the same type of characters invovled (ie FBI, Police, etc.). This was a nice change from that. I would almost say this was also a romantic suspense because of the characters involved, and the ending.
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reads like a hit action movie
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Always fun brain candy!
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This is an enjoyable high-tech thriller from the best-selling author of The DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons. The story shifts quite frequently between suburban Washington (NSA headquarters) and Spain, so you get the feeling of jump-cuts like in a film. While several of the technology references are certainly outdated (ISDN, Netscape for instance), the story still holds together quite well. If you enjoy Dan Brown's breezy style, and especially if you work in IT or are interested in computer security, Digital Fortress is highly recommended.
MarieSeagull avatar reviewed Digital Fortress on + 19 more book reviews
Another excellent read by Dan Brown.
ashlee22 avatar reviewed Digital Fortress on + 5 more book reviews
This was pretty bad. Nowhere near the excitement, fast pace, deep character development and enthralling nature of "Davinci Code", "Angels and Demons" or "The Lost Symbol". Having thoroughly enjoyed every other novel I've read of Dan Brown, I was left wondering if he truly wrote this. The book could have easily been condensed down to 200 pages. The cheap tricks to induce suspense will have you rolling your eyes and crying out in frustration by the end, and the dialogue is so cheeky and lame it feels like a joke. I was also bummed because each of Brown's novels I've read before have engrossed me in the subject matter, and created an interest in the topics (historical backgrounds and otherwise) he lays out amid the thrilling stories. Not at all the case here. Very little detail was given about the NSA, computer technology and the country's IT security history (though it would probably be very outdated now anyway). Highly disappointed.
lt-at-large avatar reviewed Digital Fortress on + 19 more book reviews
Ultimately a love story but the technological basis of the story kept me riveted until the end. Well written and masterful in content and development of characters and story line. An intense thriller.
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Another great Dan Brown novel. Couldn't put it down.
smilingalong avatar reviewed Digital Fortress on
Great read. Moves at a good pace.
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Excellent reading if you like computers
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After reading The DaVinci Code, I had high hopes of another Dan Brown book with twists and turns on every page. Unfortunately, this book did not reachg my level of expectation. At times, I forced myself to read just to complete it. While there were a few unexpected turns in the book, I didn't really experience any suspense until near the end. I give the book 2 stars based on the last 50 pages. If you really want to read one of Brown's better books, then pick up Deception Point. That one had me reading it while cooking dinner.
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very good read
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Another phenomenal book by Dan Brown. You are at the edge of your seat when you read this novel as you follow Susan Fletcher at NSA headquarters and David Becker in Seville, Spain. Dan Brown consistently creates suspense and thrill as you the reader are trying to piece together the mystery alongside the book's main characters. Nothing is ever as it seems, and those who seem to be innocent often have a hand in the wrong. Just like Robert Langdon, Susan Fletcher and David Becker are thrown in a situation in which they did not anticipate and their lives are both on the line as they work ferociously to find the pass key to Digital Fortress.
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One of best action novels every read. Outstanding.
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This was another great thriller of Dan Brown. You remain rivited from the beginning to end as truths arise.

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