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韦慰 唯畏蠁喂伪魏蠈 螣蠂蠀蟻蠈 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻伪 魏伪喂 蟻蔚伪位喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈蟿蔚蟻伪 蟿蔚蠂谓慰位慰纬喂魏维 胃蟻委位蔚蟻 蟺慰蠀 魏蠀魏位慰蠁蠈蟻畏蟽蔚 蟺慰蟿苇. 螕蟻伪渭渭苇谓慰 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 蟺喂慰 蟺慰位蠀未喂伪尾伪蟽渭苇谓慰 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪 蟺伪纬魏蠈蟽渭喂伪 蟿伪 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委伪 蠂蟻蠈谓喂伪, 胃伪 魏蔚蟻未委蟽蔚喂 魏维胃蔚 蔚委未慰蠀蟼 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蟺位慰魏萎 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 伪喂蠂渭畏蟻蠈蟿畏蟿维 蟿慰蠀.

螚 螘胃谓喂魏萎 违蟺畏蟻蔚蟽委伪 螒蟽蠁伪位委伪蟼 蟿蠅谓 螚螤螒 苇蠂蔚喂 蟽蟿伪 蠂苇蟻喂伪 蟿畏蟼 苇谓伪 蠀蟺蔚蟻蠈蟺位慰 蟽蟿慰 蠂蠋蟻慰 蟿蠅谓 蔚蟺喂魏慰喂谓蠅谓喂蠋谓: 蟿慰谓 蟺伪谓蟿慰未蠉谓伪渭慰 蠀蟺慰位慰纬喂蟽蟿萎 TRANSLTR, 慰 慰蟺慰委慰蟼 蟺伪蟻伪魏慰位慰蠀胃蔚委 蠈位慰 蟿慰谓 蟺位伪谓萎蟿畏 魏伪喂 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 伪蟺慰魏蟻蠀蟺蟿慰纬蟻伪蠁萎蟽蔚喂 维渭蔚蟽伪 慰蟺慰喂慰未萎蟺慰蟿蔚 魏蠅未喂魏慰蟺慰喂畏渭苇谓慰 渭萎谓蠀渭伪. 韦伪 蟺蟻慰尾位萎渭伪蟿伪 蠅蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 尉蔚魏喂谓慰蠉谓 蠈蟿伪谓 苇谓伪蟼 蟺蟻蠋畏谓 蠀蟺维位位畏位慰蟼 蟿畏蟼 蠀蟺畏蟻蔚蟽委伪蟼 伪谓蟿喂蟿维蟽蟽蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺蟻伪魏蟿喂魏萎 蟿畏蟼 谓伪 蟺伪蟻伪魏慰位慰蠀胃蔚委 魏维胃蔚 蟺慰位委蟿畏 魏伪喂 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬蔚委 苇谓伪谓 魏蠅未喂魏蠈 伪蟺蟻慰蟽蟺苇位伪蟽蟿慰, 伪魏蠈渭畏 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 蠀蟺蔚蟻蠀蟺慰位慰纬喂蟽蟿萎. 螚 螘胃谓喂魏萎 违蟺畏蟻蔚蟽委伪 螒蟽蠁伪位蔚委伪蟼 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 慰渭畏蟻委伪... 螣 魏蠋未喂魏伪蟼 苇蠂蔚喂 蟿苇蟿慰喂伪 未蠉谓伪渭畏, 蟺慰蠀 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿蟻苇蠄蔚喂 蠈位慰 蟿慰 未委魏蟿蠀慰 伪谓蟿喂魏伪蟿伪蟽魏慰蟺委伪蟼. 韦蠈蟿蔚 蟿畏 位蠉蟽畏 魏伪位蔚委蟿伪喂 谓伪 未蠋蟽蔚喂 畏 纬慰畏蟿蔚蠀蟿喂魏萎 危慰蠉味伪谓 桅位苇蟿蟽蔚蟻, 畏 喂魏伪谓蠈蟿蔚蟻畏 魏蟻蠀蟺蟿伪谓伪位蠉蟿蟻喂伪 蟺慰蠀 未喂伪胃苇蟿蔚喂 畏 蠀蟺畏蟻蔚蟽委伪. 螒蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 伪谓伪魏伪位蠉蟺蟿蔚喂 胃伪 蟺蟻慰魏伪位苇蟽蔚喂 蟿蟻喂纬渭慰蠉蟼 蟽蔚 蠈位畏 蟿畏谓 喂蔚蟻伪蟻蠂委伪 蟿畏蟼 蔚尉慰蠀蟽委伪蟼 魏伪喂 胃伪 胃苇蟽蔚喂 蟽蔚 魏委谓未蠀谓慰 伪魏蠈渭畏 魏伪喂 蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿畏蟼. 螒谓蟿喂渭苇蟿蠅蟺畏 渭蔚 未蠀谓维渭蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟿畏谓 蠀蟺蔚蟻尾伪委谓慰蠀谓, 胃伪 伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿蔚委 渭蔚 渭蠈谓慰 蠈蟺位慰 蟿慰 渭蠀伪位蠈 蟿畏蟼 谓伪 蟽蠋蟽蔚喂 蟿畏 蠂蠋蟻伪 伪蟺蠈 渭喂伪 蟽魏慰蟿蔚喂谓萎 蟽蠀谓蠅渭慰蟽委伪.

490 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1998

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Dan Brown

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Dan Brown is the author of numerous #1 bestselling novels, including The Da Vinci Code, which has become one of the best selling novels of all time as well as the subject of intellectual debate among readers and scholars. Brown鈥檚 novels are published in 56 languages around the world with over 200 million copies in print.

In 2005, Brown was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine, whose editors credited him with 鈥渒eeping the publishing industry afloat; renewed interest in Leonardo da Vinci and early Christian history; spiking tourism to Paris and Rome; a growing membership in secret societies; the ire of Cardinals in Rome; eight books denying the claims of the novel and seven guides to read along with it; a flood of historical thrillers; and a major motion picture franchise.鈥�

The son of a mathematics teacher and a church organist, Brown was raised on a prep school campus where he developed a fascination with the paradoxical interplay between science and religion. These themes eventually formed the backdrop for his books. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he later returned to teach English before focusing his attention full time to writing. He lives in New England with his yellow lab, Winston.

Brown鈥檚 latest novel, Origin, explores two of the fundamental questions of humankind: Where do we come from? Where are we going?

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Profile Image for Seizure Romero.
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February 2, 2022
There's a reason why everyone talks about The DaVinci Code and not about this book. I have no idea what that reason would be, because I thought Angels & Demons was mediocre so I never bothered to read the The DaVinci Code. Anyway, I was bored and a copy of this was sitting at the library for a quarter and I thought "WTF, mate, I'll give it a go."

The first page of chapter 1 starts with Susan Fletcher waking from a romantic dream to the ringing of the telephone:

"Susan, it's David. Did I wake you?"
She smiled, rolling over in bed. "I was just dreaming of you. Come over and play."
He laughed. "It's still dark out."
"Mmm." She moaned sensuously. "Then definitely come over and play. We can sleep in before we head north."

That is not a transcription typo, or the manifestation of my unfocused rage. It really does read '"Mmm." She moaned sensuously.' Please feel free to vomit if you need to; I'll wait.

David then proceeds to postpone their plans to celebrate their six-month engagement due to something hush-hush, like maybe his being a big homo. C'mon, what sort of man is going to pass up some sweet, sweet lovin' from his woman before disappearing on a mystery mission? The kind who likes other men, that's what kind. A handful of pages later, it becomes clear that Dan Brown has read too many novels as we're treated to a description of David Becker:

"Becker was dark--a rugged, youthful thirty-five with sharp green eyes and a wit to match. His strong jaw and taut features reminded Susan of carved marble. Over six feet tall, Becker moved across a squash court faster than any of his colleagues could comprehend. After soundly beating his opponent, he would cool off by dousing his head in a drinking fountain and soaking his tuft of thick, black hair. Then, still dripping, he'd treat his opponent to a fruit shake and a bagel."

Is it just me or does this read like Dan Brown was typing this with one hand? Why does Mr. Stud have the same initials as the author? Why would anyone want a sharp green wit? And is 'fruit shake' some sort of code for a handy? Is that why he is still dripping?

So then, after all this ran through my immature little mind, I remembered I had other books to read--books that didn't suck horrifically within the first ten pages. Yay for other books!

Oh, and I sold it to a used book shop for a dollar, so it was worth the quarter. Yay for used book shops!
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February 8, 2018
A Sincere Debut Novel..

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It's hard to believe that it's the author's debut novel.
It may seem so 'clich茅' by the beginning, a typical Hollywood movie where you know they are gonna stop the bomb 3 seconds before it BoooM , and the good Americans wins, the bad whoever foreigner loses..
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Well, it actually ends that way.. yeah, kinda....but Dan Brown provides me a very pleasant satisfying ending for me as Egyptian, Arabian or whoever foreigner.
Who Will Gaurd the Gaurds?
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賱丕 兀賳賰乇 丕賳賴 亘賲噩乇丿 兀賳 爻賲毓鬲 "丕賱賰賵乇賷 丕賱卮乇賷乇" 賷賯賵賱 兀賳賴 賲噩乇丿 賰賵乇賷 賱丕 卮賲丕賱賷 賵賱丕 噩賳賵亘賷 賵賷乇賮囟 鬲丿禺賱 丕賱賵賱丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲丨丿丞 賮賷 鬲賯爻賷賲 亘賱丕丿賴 亘賴匕丕 丕賱卮賰賱 賱賴匕丕 兀賳鬲賯賲 亘賴匕賴 丕賱賵丨卮賷丞 囟丿 丕賱亘賷鬲 丕賱兀亘賷囟, 賱丕 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳賰丕乇 兀賳賷 賰賳鬲 賲鬲賮賯 賲毓賴 亘卮賰賱 賰亘賷乇

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I believe I hated a main character, hoped the Japanese "so called the bad guy" wins after all, and destroy this American spying machine.
I hated this American arrogant about spying for safety and security ,while that never been used but for excuses to fight and concur countries for Oil.. for only the government's benefits.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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,賵賱賰賳 丕賱乇丕卅毓 賮賷 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳 賴賷 丕賱賲賮丕噩兀鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賯賱亘 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱鬲賷 賷賯丿賲賴丕 丿丕卅賲丕 丿丕卅賲丕 賷孬賷乇 丕毓噩丕亘賷 賵兀賳 兀禺鬲賱賮鬲 賲毓賴 賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍
賰乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱乇賲夭 丕賱賲賮賯賵丿 The Lost Symbol
賮丕賱亘乇睾賲 賲賳 賯乇丕亍鬲賷 賱鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘毓丿 3 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 兀卮賴乇 賱賴 ,氐丕乇 賱丿賷 鬲賳亘賵亍 賱丕 亘兀爻 亘賴 亘丕賱賲賮丕噩兀鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賯丿 鬲丨丿孬, 賵賱賰賳賴 賲丕夭丕賱 賷賮丕噩卅賳賷 賵亘賯賵丞
賵賰兀賳 賱賴 賵氐賮丞 噩丕賴夭丞 賱賱賲賮丕噩兀鬲, 禺賱胤丞 爻丨乇賷丞 , 卮賮乇丞 兀孬丕乇丞

The great thing about Dan Brown's novels is the twists he makes, But due to reading this novel after 3 more successful later novels I can predict his twists in this novel,Still he surprised me..
He really got a very interesting formula...very thrilling code.
Without Wax
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賮賲賴賲丕 鬲賳亘兀鬲 , 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳 賷賮賵賯 丕賱鬲賵賯毓丕鬲, 賷賮丕噩兀賳賷 亘賯賱亘 賱賱兀丨丿丕孬 丨鬲賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲卮毓乇 賵賰兀賳賰 氐乇鬲 鬲毓賱賲 賰賷賮 爻鬲爻賷乇 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬

But , whatever I've predicted , Dan Brown would top it , get me an unexpected twists when I thought that I know how it'll ends..

That's the sign of him , he knows how to thrill you and to surprise you with real unexpected twists.
Like the ring, oh That Ring..
The "Followship" of the Ring
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Following the ring was really crazy , the code breaking, the spy 貙 and who spies on whom.. that thriller was really good and it got the "formula" of the touristic style of Dan Brown.

I thought I will miss Langdon so much, yet there's still touristic historical visits, blowing mind information, not just about Internet and digital codes, but even more. Like the atomic bombs and ,of course, NSA.. which I'm sure not many heard about 15 years ago ,when the novel released and it was Netscape ,when the Internet wasn't that big...
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... Dan Brown proven that he is way bigger even without Langdon..
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From 13 Nov. 2014
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The Review : 7 Jan. 2015

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805 reviews5,147 followers
April 19, 2020
One could already see the direction Brown would go with his recipe of conspiring the heck out of the literary world with his first work.

Not as good as Angels and Demons and The da Vinci code, but not as bad as The lost symbol, Digital fortress is the career start of a novelist who used good oldfashioned knowledge in a unique, new way on his way to literary immortality.

The art part is small in this one, as it麓s more of a technothriller than the more blockbuster mystery high speed pursuit style of the following novels.

One can see that Brown is still tinkering around with his writing style, not always sure where to go and more trying to go futuristic and techy than uchronic and historic. I am heavily biased towards anything Sci-Fi, so I do definitively just give 4 stars because of the setting, without it, it would be closer to a 3.

It麓s very funny that the infamous 鈥濱 don麓t care about technical accuracy, have no interest in research, and don麓t ask experts to proofread鈥� mentality is already big in this one, Brown just doesn麓t care, the cryptography and tech are hilariously facepalmy. In this case, it麓s even more extreme, as it are not just some elements as in the other novels, but the whole plot revolving around topics Brown obviously has no knowledge about, making it unwittingly comedic.

But one also has to have the courage to publish a novel and just don麓t caring about it, it麓s a special kind of badass attitude and effrontery I appreciate (sorry for that, the dark side strong in me is), although it麓s very cheeky and transports false knowledge into poor readers锟斤拷minds. Bonus points for showing the NSA in a shady light in the year 1998 (and not in 2013, when it became soooo mainstream) and letting his protagonists dealing with the topics of privacy, protection, and the rule of the surveillance, pardon Freudian typo, of course constitutional state.

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1,381 reviews3,533 followers
September 17, 2022
Susan Fletcher is a mathematician and cryptographer working for NSA (National Security Agency). She deciphers a mysterious code that causes serious repercussions in the USA. This code is so powerful that it causes serious trouble to the NSA.

This book has most of the contents that we expect from Dan Brown. Conspiracies, double agents, lies, and treason. The negative we can point out is that there is no historical extravaganza as seen in other Brown novels. We can't blame it much as it is a techno-thriller.

I wouldn't say I liked this book as much as the Langdon series. But it is still a good one-time read.

My favourite three lines from this book
鈥淎ct first, explain later.鈥�

"The NSA lived by its motto: Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer."

"Yeah, if we are the guards of society, then who will watch us and make sure that we're not dangerous ?"
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April 21, 2022
Digital Fortress, Dan Brown

Digital Fortress is a techno-thriller novel written by American author Dan Brown and published in 1998. The book explores the theme of government surveillance of electronically stored information on the private lives of citizens, and the possible civil liberties and ethical implications of using such technology. 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 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.

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359 reviews41 followers
May 19, 2013
My book group chose this book and I will never forgive them.

I鈥檝e never read anything by Dan Brown. He doesn鈥檛 write my type of fiction, so while I was aware that he鈥檚 a huge success, I never bothered to pick any of his books up because I knew I wouldn鈥檛 be interested.

What I didn鈥檛 know is how much of a shit writer he is.

I鈥檓 sure he cries into a giant pile of money every single time someone tells him that.



Digital Fortress is about the government and secrecy. Susan Fletcher works for a super top secret government agency called NSA that cracks codes to read emails and save the world. How do I remember that her name is Susan Fletcher? Susan Fletcher is referred to as Susan Fletcher on every page that Susan Fletcher appears on. Apparently Brown is worried that people won鈥檛 remember that Susan Fletcher is one of the main character is his book Digital Fortress by Dan Brown.

Susan Fletcher is the best code breaker NSA has. Susan Fletcher is also beautiful and perfect and everyone loves her and wants to do her. Susan Fletcher has a brilliant mind. Susan Fletcher is also very attractive. Susan Fletcher is also smart. People look at Susan Fletcher and think to themselves 鈥淗ow does an IQ of 170 fit into a body that attractive? I am going to think more of these thoughts so that the reader of Dan Brown鈥檚 Digital Fortress will know what Susan Fletcher looks like in the book Digital Fortress by Dan Brown.鈥�

Your first drinking game is to take a shot every time someone chuckles.

Your next drinking game is to empty a Red Solo Cup every time someone鈥檚 eyes are described as strong hazel, deep green, inky black, sable, gray, or any other color that barely exists in real life. Yes, people do have these eyes, and apparently they all live in Dan Brown鈥檚 world. Dan Brown wrote the book Digital Fortress.

If you do not drink and are into health, do push ups or squats or something instead of pounding booze. Either way, we鈥檙e all going to crumple to the floor and throw up.

When Susan Fletcher is called in to work on a Saturday by Commander Strathmore, head of NSA, Susan Fletcher knows that something must be very wrong. Susan Fletcher was supposed to be on a vacation with her finance David Becker. David Becker is beautiful and smart. David Becker plays squash and no one minds when David Becker puts his entire head into the water fountain to wash away the sweat. David Becker is that amazing.

Turns out that the Commander has sent David Becker, Susan Fletcher鈥檚 finance, to Spain, even though David Becker does not work for NSA. Susan Fletcher thinks thoughts to tell the reader how important NSA is.


Seriously, how is this guy a big name writer? I just don鈥檛 get it.
Dan Brown, the author of Digital Fortress, does not have time for important things like 鈥淪how, don鈥檛 tell.鈥� when it comes to writing his books. Dan Brown wants to get to the important things like telling the reader how intelligent and beautiful Susan Fletcher and David Becker are. Susan Fletcher and David Becker are engaged. Susan Fletcher and David Becker have been engaged for six months. Susan Fletcher tells David Becker this when she says 鈥淵ou do remember we鈥檙e engaged, don鈥檛 you?鈥� which is exactly what people in real life would say if they wanted to let you know that they were engaged.

Susan Fetcher stays underground in the NSA bunker trying to figure out what is wrong with their giant, enormous, massive, expensive, costly, top secret, classified translator project. The computer is used to cull through email and crack codes and save the entire planet. It has done so successfully. But now it has found a code that it cannot crack and Susan Fletcher has to use her beautiful body and intelligent mind to solve the problem.

Meanwhile, in Spain, David Becker is on a crazy journey of his own. He has to find a ring because it somehow has something to do with this code. He is able to follow thin clues to track the ring from person to person. Apparently David Becker, with no training (because if he had training, someone in the book Digital Fortress by Dan Brown, would have told us about it) becomes the world鈥檚 most brilliant detective. Oh, and also David Becker is given stupid coincidences that tell him where to go next. David Becker is smart and is able to use these giant arrows to find the next person to talk to.

Of course everything turns out to be suspicious and there鈥檚 lots of traitors and threats from every side. One thing I did like about the book Digital Fortress, written by Dan Brown, is that there were parts where I honestly didn鈥檛 know who the bad guy was. Luckily Dan Brown quickly tells information to make me pay attention to a specific character in his book Digital Fortress and I, the reader, can get back to the important part which is remembering that Susan Fletcher and David Becker are engaged and they are both very intelligent and very beautiful.

The crazy ending was kind of fun because everyone was in the same place sort of screaming and trying to solve the problem before the entire government was shut down, but other than that鈥� What the fuck, America? This is one of our top selling authors?

In conclusion, I did not like the book Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. Not only do I not care for this type of story, I could not get past the writing. How does this happen?

I don鈥檛 care if this makes me sound like a book snob, but seriously, this is who we鈥檝e chosen as one of our Must Read Authors? For fuck鈥檚 sake.

My book group meets tomorrow and I鈥檓 bringing a giant list of discussion questions. Apparently they all hated the book too, including the two people who suggested it for this month. Way to make the rest of us pay for your mistakes.
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1,820 reviews
March 30, 2012
I work in the Information Technology field so relating to this book was easy for me. I don鈥檛 know anything about NSA (National Security Agency) and how they operate but I know stuff like encryption, algorithm, anagram, computer virus, code-breaking, etc. So, this book glued me from start to finish. My officemate has been telling me that this is his favorite Dan Brown book. He said that since I鈥檝e read all his 4 other novels, The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Deception Point (all 3 stars, i.e., I liked them!) and The Lost Symbol (2 stars, i.e., It鈥檚 okay!) and I am glad that I finally read this book. Hurray, I am now a Dan Brown completist!

I liked the story. NSA has a program that can track personal conversations around the world. One employee gets angry so he becomes a whistleblower. NSA hires a pretty detective (not yet Robert Langdon since this is Dan Brown鈥檚 first novel) and she is so hot most of the male characters in this book lust for her. This lust for her body and for power (as usual) basically becomes the driving force for all these men to outwit or kill each other or even themselves. The plot is a little overpopulated by characters and the twists are a bit too many to become coincidental. However, this is Dan Brown鈥檚 first novel so they are expected. Just like any other first time novelists, Brown was trying to prove that he could intricately weave a suspenseful yet unbelievable plot.

Wikipedia says that this book was based on real-life incident in cryptography. The story seems to tell me that Dan Brown not only did his thorough research on the topic but was also able to anticipate what NSA would do. He was a step ahead of NSA or maybe the NSA was influenced by the book. This one was not coincidence, I think. Or maybe Dan Brown was clever enough to befriend an insider in NSA. I just did not have any idea how a novelist could have access to NSA. Or maybe I am reading too many suspense-thriller books (Robert Ludlum, Jeffrey Archer, Ken Follett, John Grisham, etc) that my rational thinking is now tainted with all these far-fetched possibilities or thoughts.

Dan Brown was born on the same year I was, i.e., 1964. His books have been translated in many languages and stayed in New York鈥檚 Bestsellers鈥� List and adapted into big movie blockbusters. Wimps cannot do just those. I like Dan Brown definitely not for his literary prowess, i.e., his writing is ordinary, but for his imagination and the efforts that he put in his research. He just does not sit down and types away his thoughts. He backs those up with facts. He goes to the museums in Paris or Capital Building, looks up on all the writings or symbols on the wall, paintings, towers. He reads history and current events and incorporates those to his plot. So, let鈥檚 spare this guy from our senseless tirades. We just cannot ignore the fact that he knows his trade. His books deserve to be read. His efforts deserve to be appreciated.
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272 reviews172 followers
September 17, 2018
Espa帽ol - English

Este es el primer libro escrito por Dan Brown y, aunque es bueno, no tiene el mismo enganche que los siguientes.

Tampoco esta Robert Landon.

La NSA ha interceptado un c贸digo pero no lo pueden decifrar. La 煤nica pista esta oculta en el cad谩ver de Ensei Takado, fallecido en Espa帽a.

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This is the first book written by Dan Brown and, although it is good, it does not have the same hook as the following ones.

Nor is Robert Landon.

The NSA has intercepted a code but can not decipher it. The only clue is hidden in the body of Ensei Takado, who died in Spain.
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1,221 reviews10k followers
September 22, 2016
Dan Brown is not just Da Vinci Code! This is a pretty good cyber-thriller. It resonates well in a world where data security and hacking are a part of the daily news. Check it out if you are a fan of fast paced thrillers with lots of suspense. (It has short chapters, too, which I like a lot)
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825 reviews3,201 followers
April 8, 2017


Spine wrecking thriller. Never could I put my popcorn down.

A complete and comprehensive review on my lists this year!
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995 reviews2,033 followers
December 6, 2018
The topic is quite interesting & having an author perfectly fit the shoes of one so revered (talking, of course about the late great Michael Crichton) is truly magnificent, in my book. This thriller is fast (hooray!) & riveting. It is relevant to modern times & some reviewers have gone as far as calling it plausible.

But it must be said that its an adventure less compelling than The Da Vinci Code, even more contrived; devoid of interesting characters but plagued with dead ends, ineffective repetitiveness, empty journeys. While many characters deal with differently major or minor catastrophes, the short chapters speed by. The plot, if dissected, would resemble this: a career girl (& therefore, one lacking of a personality, other than being described as being incredibly fond of expensive shoes [as if such an example would underscore her femininity:]) stuck in a compound, perplexed by computer screens and consoles, hurrying to save humanity before the doomsday clock strikes; her boyfriend, a prof. with sure and extreme luck out on a wild goose chase (in--Sevilla, Spain! AWESUM!), a fish out of water with a blind purpose (and again, afflicted with the No Personality Syndrome along with his contemporary drones); and other tech nerds, out trying to physically or technologically (whatever that means... the novel tries to personify what's intangible: cyberspace) um, save the planet. There are codes and puzzles along the way, easy to decipher and sometimes overly-explained by these tech- (and only tech-) minded, overpaid, individuals.

Because it was educational, fun, sometimes (I say this with a grain of salt) unpredictable, it should be read. Expect no Waugh or Hawthorne, but Crichton, or at least a worthy imitation. It is definitely a dumb action adventure but if it captures you, and it will, then just take the ride. It's as harmless as impersonating the protagonist: your eyes will move and your body will mostly be in repose. But something within the human machine will be processed in some way, surely.
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Author听20 books4,255 followers
January 6, 2021
Digital Fortress is the first book Dan Brown published, and it's the last of his that I read. I am now up to date and awaiting whatever comes next (outside his newer children's release). I enjoy thrillers and suspense novels, but I haven't figured out my favorite authors in this genre yet. I'm determined to make that a 2021 reading goal. Before I head there, let's chat about this book.

Published in 1998, the key thing readers must remember is that if you're devouring it now, remember how much technology and security has changed in the last two decades. Much of the theory and approach is different today, and while you don't need to understand technology to enjoy the book, it helps... and if you know a bit about it (I work in the field), you will feel a different connection. I admit fully, it was a little too technical at times... not that I didn't understand it, but I couldn't focus on the story.

Overall, the plot is intriguing. A man dies, he threatened to reveal all the US secrets from the NSA site. He had a virus and an unbreakable code. What that actually means is very different from what we come to learn in the book. I was excited to solve the very last puzzle and work out the answer on my own... so that was a nice ending.

The main character is a female technologist working for a male head of the NSA (okay two male heads, one is African American, one is Caucasian). So, right from the beginning, I was glad to see the diversity and that it was somewhat ahead of its times. Nonetheless, she is engaged and her husband-to-be is involved in the plot. A few trips through Europe, a political nightmare, and lots of fiery explosions. And some murders too!

I'll go with a 3.5 rounded up here. Mostly, the plot is stretched. There is no reason the main character's fianc茅 needed to be the one to go to Spain. It felt like a plot device... which I don't mind, if he truly was qualified and we got to know him more. That said, I felt like we got to know him better than the main character too. She was smart and highly qualified, and she kicked butt several times, but I knew nothing about her personally. I felt a bit too distanced.

The villain dies immediately. Or one of them. So that was a different experience. But all the engaging, quick dialog and action scenes are spot on. It shows why he evolved into a great writer.
Of all his books, probably in the bottom half of my faves... but still one to read if you like these types of novels. It will pull you in.
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February 25, 2009
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1,509 reviews228 followers
October 25, 2020
This was just ok for me, I think I expected more because I enjoyed his others so much.
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70 reviews51 followers
April 26, 2013
No matter what people want to say about Dan Brown or his books or hatred towards him you got to admire the fact that what he brings to the table no one else does.

This was the book which brought me to the beautiful world of books. Before reading this book I though reading was a bit cissy and a waste of time since everything is fictional, why not better read some spiritual/self help and knowledge books. After reading this book everything changed, I started to read more and more fiction and today books have become one of the most important parts of my life all thanks to this books.

Today I have read all of Dan Brown books apart from Angels & Demons but this book remains to be my favorite. I agree that he is not a great writer and uses the same formula in every of his books, not versatile at all. But he holds a special place and I will always hold a special place in my bookshelf because of the reasons I mentioned above.
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813 reviews47.9k followers
August 20, 2009
I don't even remember what this one is about. There's a CIA computer technician, and all I can remember about her is the scene where a security guard is ogling her sweet, sweet ass and wondering in bafflement how a woman with a 192 IQ could be so damn fuckable. Also, I'm pretty sure she saves the world with computers, but we're not supposed to care because she does it while her shirt is partially unbuttoned. She may have gotten wet at some point, too.

LITERATURE.
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2,273 reviews1,181 followers
August 3, 2022
That's one of the most mediocre (not to say wrong) novels by bestselling author Dan Brown. Some have called "Digital Fortress" an excellent techno-thriller. Comparing this novel to the others fully highlighted the scientific side; however, I was bored with these technological digressions for a plot and a final in all disappointing. Bad pick!
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247 reviews497 followers
September 7, 2024
Not bad, if you ignore a few things.
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142 reviews31 followers
December 4, 2013
I'm not sure what to believe after reading this book. I've always liked Dan Brown's books because he writes so realistically, using big words to belittle readers about how little they know.
Or so I thought.
After reading this book, I did a little snooping of my own (OK, those were big words too, I just used Google) and realised that most of the technology, computers and cool machinery did not exist. In fact, 欧宝娱乐 was an excellent source of information of unhappy reviewers tearing down this book's credibility. Gee, I was really hoping that those stuff were as cool as mentioned in Digital Fortress.
But that asides, there are some historical facts and figures that ARE real, if not as cool. NSA. Cryptology. Enigma. Although I can't say that Brown's books are an excellent crash course for a myriad of whacky subjects, his writings definitely introduced readers to an entirely whole new world that most of us would have otherwise never have dreamt about.
Having that said, I can't say that Brown's writing style is my favourite. His books usually start off well, but kind of go downhill somewhat at the end. His plot developments are not the best I've come across, although how he comes up with them in the bloody first place is unthinkable. But I must say, there is a significant similarity between the plots in most, if not all, of his books. It doesn't take a cryptologist to figure it out. Now before this I've only read 3 of his books (OK that may be quite a lot already) and my recent awareness of such similarity has indeed taken out most surprises within Brown's novels.
No spoiler here, though I'm sure most of us can tell what it is by now. I would still recommend Dan Brown's books any day, despite the slight low ratings on 欧宝娱乐. I am aware that most readers claim that Brown has twisted reality to the most atrocious of levels. Thankfully, for a person with no clue about any of the topics he's ever written about so far, I have no problem with enjoying the book at all. But I'm sure that if Dan Brown were to write about something I was excellent at and passionate about - watching TV, Facebooking, sleeping - he'd be getting a thrashing from me as well.
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17 reviews11 followers
February 16, 2008
Reading Dan Brown books is a bit like watching porn. Mildly enjoyable at the time, but not really something you'd like your friends or family to know about.

Digital Fortress starts as it means to go on, with two-dimensional characters in a whirlwind of mystery and action. The cast never evolves beyond cardboard cut-out level, but the plot does pick up through various levels of incredulity and intrigue to a climax that ends up shallow and disappointing, leaving the reader feeling cheap and cheated.

I understand why Brown is popular - the cookie-cutter formula, the "intelligent" yet criminally dim hero, the assasin and the "good guy turned mortal enemy" recipe is appealing to the masses - but can't help feeling that these books should be kept hidden on the top shelf, away from prying eyes and impressionable minds.
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November 10, 2017
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193 reviews81 followers
July 25, 2021
Susan Fletcher was the head of NSA's Cryptography Division while Becker was a university professor who helped government agencies with translation other than his full time job.

NSA built a new code decipher TRANSLTR worth $2 billion but kept it as a secret. They recieved a code which was indecipherable even by TRANSLTR. The code was sent in by Ensei Tankado who was an ex-employee of NSA. He was thrown out of the organization because he always broke rules.

Ensei believed in human rights of communication which TRANSLTR was violating as it could decipher any code. The program he wrote created an unbreakable code - the ultimate counterintelligence weapon.

Ensei was found dead in Spain hence Becker was sent to Spain to get the copy of the pass-key, which was encrypted on his ring. He gave away the ring to a stranger before dying. To make things more complicated even tricked NSA by letting them snoop his emails, which led to a fake partner and a file.

Strathmore, Susan's boss sent that file to the TRANSLTR to decipher. Strathmore's vision was a world encryption standard with a back door for the NSA, so that he could keep an eye of all sorts of communication happening around the world.

Due to extensive heat TRANSLTR blew itself, killing Strathmore. TRANSLTR was linked with a database hence it was important to save it. At last, they found Ensei's clue in his video and saved the database from hackers.

USA's obsession with keeping an eye on all sorts of communication in quite evident in this book, the reality of which not many know. US might blame other countries for keeping a track on humans and their data, but whether they want to admit it not, they do the exact same thing.

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388 reviews191 followers
April 4, 2019
"Who will guard the guards?"
This is my first Dan Brown book and as cliche goes this would surely not be my last! Originally, I started reading this last May but never got around to finishing it after I stopped at Chapter 20, and I must say that despite of the 5-month hiatus, I could still remember the details vividly. This was a wildly entertaining and the kind of info-dumpy book that I'm eager to read. The way Dan Brown paces the whole plot with (surprisingly!) digestible chapters really made the reading experience worth it. Digital Fortress is kind of a crash course to cryptography and etymology. This is highly educational and despite of the overwhelming cryptography details, I wasn't fazed at all.

We follow two main POV's namely that of NSA head cryptographer Susan Fletcher and her fiance David Becker when they both embarked on separate courses in dismantling and understanding the enigmatic Digital Fortress. Next thing you know, you'll be getting an action packed trip in Seville, Spain and roam the ever elusive setup of NSA and the world of cryptography. This is a one of akind book for me and I definitely would see myself rereading it. Also I learned a few tricks in basic cryptography because of this book! To anyone who can crack the code, uhmmmmm I'll definitely like every review you post from here on out! HAHAHAH

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Update: (April 4, 2019) I can no longer crack whatever mish mash of attempted "code" I wrote here HAHAHAH
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3,949 reviews1,405 followers
May 9, 2021
Brown's techno thriller that explores the relationship between the masses and the agencies and corporations that amass and store data on us as individuals - and it's impact on civil liberties.
Another monstrous global best seller who's books compose of the perfect storm of compelling story, weak writing, controversial subjects and pissing off the literati! Better than in my opinion :) 7 out of 12.
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10 reviews176 followers
February 3, 2024
Un 1 porque sobran p谩ginas, un 1 por el abuso de clich茅s, un 1 por los personajes tan planos y estereotipados, un 1 por el desenlace tan previsible, un 1 por no haberse documentado y soltar lo primero que se le ocurri贸, un 1 por los aires de superioridad y pedanter铆a del escritor y resultar tan ofensivo sin venir a cuento, un 1 por no aportar nada,... Un 1 por todo lo que se pueda valorar en un libro.
En su biograf铆a, se dice que estudi贸 en Espa帽a, 隆venga ya!
El libro es un insulto sin base alguna hacia nuestro sistema sanitario, infraestructuras y tecnolog铆a, inteligencia de los espa帽oles, creencias, cultura,... Si tan atrasada estaba Espa帽a en los a帽os de estudiante del escritor, 驴por qu茅 se pas贸 un a帽o entero estudiando aqu铆? 驴Por qu茅 no eligi贸 un pa铆s menos "tercermundista"?
Libro totalmente prescindible.
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591 reviews34 followers
March 21, 2021
Full of twists and turns, and in true Dan Brown style, fast paced to keep you turning the pages. I had an inkling quite early on, but even that came with a twist!
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12 reviews2 followers
February 17, 2009
What would happen if every nation and person in the would, with a computer, could access every top secret file of the government? This is what Susan Fletcher and David Becker have to prevent in Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. With a lot of action and suspense Digital Fortress is a book for anyone who likes action.

Dan Brown wrote many other action novels. I have read all of them and this novel is just as good of a read as the rest. This novel is written in the same style as all the others. Leaving in the suspense in all his books, Dan Brown makes all his novels an exiting read.

The United States government has just bought a huge computer that can unscramble any code called TRANSLTR. A top secret government agency called National Security Agency, NSA, has purchased this computer to prevent terrorist from sending coded messages to other terrorist inside or out of the United States. Thinking the people of the US may considerTRANSLTR a breech of privacy, the government never told any one about the device.

Susan Fletcher is the head Cryptographer at the NSA Crypto facility. David Becker is a foreign-language specialist Georgetown University. Commander Greg Strathmore is in charge of the facility. There also are three other Cryptographers and many engineers who work on TRANSLTR in the facility.

Susan Fletcher head Cryptographer notices a code that TRANSLTR has been working on for Eighteen hours, and most files take less than one hour. A few days latter a strange address sends them an email. Sending the email, let the NSA figure up a way to shut down Digital Fortress. The virus that will shut downTRANSLTER and expose the main government data bank to any one with Internet access. Exposing the data bank, will put the nation at risk of attack and total chaos of the citizens.

The NSA sends in David Becker to receive the ring that has the code to shut down Digital Fortress. In the mean time, Susan Fletcher is trying to convince the head boss of the whole operation that there is a problem. David is nearly shot to death, and Susan is nearly blown to bits. Will the two succeed?

I would recommend this book to anyone. This book has got a lot of action, and is a story that leaves you wandering, what if. However, if you have a little bit of a soft stomach this novel will leave you wanting to turn away at times. This book is for any one who likes to left on the edge of there seat for the whole story, till the end.
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1,425 reviews464 followers
May 11, 2023
Like a TV movie thriller - entertaining but shallow!

TRANSLTR is perhaps the most powerful multiple parallel processor computer on the earth, run by the National Security Agency, dedicated solely to the process of brute force code breaking. An extraordinary weapon against crime, drugs and terrorism, TRANSLATR clearly has enormous potential for human rights abuses and Ensei Tankado, a brilliant program and disgruntled former NSA employee is determined to find a way to pull this abusive tool out of the hands of the government. He has written DIGITAL FORTRESS, a complex algorithm that renders clear text into unbreakable code, and, unless the NSA acknowledges the existence of TRANSLTR to the world with a full confession of its true power, Tankado will release DIGITAL FORTRESS to the world. Of course, this would render TRANSLTR instantly obsolete and chaos would become the order of the day. Drug cartels, terrorists and other criminals could secretly communicate with complete impunity and US internal and external intelligence would become effectively blind. Tankado delivers his blackmail ultimatum and is promptly murdered by parties unknown. Of course, the frantic chase is on to find the key to DIGITAL FORTRESS and bury it before it is released through the internet to anyone who has a modem.

When Brown sticks to the "techno" side of techno-thriller, he is a master on solid ground, indeed. Brown's side bars about computer software and hardware, codes and code breaking are exciting and informative. Revolving around puzzles, viruses, worms, firewalls, mutating code strings and the internet attempting to hack into US government data classified "top secret", the climax of the novel moves at top speed and is definitely finely tuned edge-of-the-seat stuff! But novels by their nature must be populated with characters and here Brown fails rather badly, producing folks that can best be described as trite, cardboard and clich茅d. Susan Fletcher, the brilliant but beautiful cryptologist with an IQ of 170, is the first to step up to the plate as a stereotype (I can clearly see the movie version now where she makes the transformation from computer nerd to ravishing hottie by taking off her glasses, pulling the bobby pins out of her tight bun, dropping full-bodied hair onto her shoulders with a provocative head shake and undoing the top button of a silky blouse!) Her fianc茅, David Becker, a mild-mannered foreign language specialist from Georgetown University, discovers he has the abilities of a master spy and is able to elude the efforts of a professional assassin. Sadly, virtually every character Brown pulls into the story can be criticized in the same fashion as being singularly off the wall and unbelievable.

Don't misunderstand - DIGITAL FORTRESS is a quick read and is thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining! But like most every one hour made for TV thriller movie, it is also eminently forgettable in very short order and has nothing at all to commend it as being memorable!

Paul Weiss
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May 1, 2012
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Officially Dan brown is my favorite author now!
the novel has got it all, danger, romance, excitement, and a great adventure as always
the revealing of each character's role & plot is amazing and the tension gets bigger
with every page.
it's an adventure inside on of the most secure places for national safety in the USA
and it's being hacked!
magnificent and you can't expect any thine less from this man.
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