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  • Digital Fortress

  • By: Dan Brown
  • Narrated by: Paul Michael
  • Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (1,045 ratings)

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Digital Fortress

By: Dan Brown
Narrated by: Paul Michael
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Summary

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.

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Critic reviews

"In this fast-paced, plausible tale, Brown blurs the line between good and evil enough to delight patriots and paranoids alike." ( Publishers Weekly)
" Digital Fortress is the best and most realistic techno-thriller to reach the market in years...A chilling thrill a minute." ( The Midwest Book Review)
"Exciting...will rivet cyber-minded readers." ( Booklist)

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Great book

Love it, nearly as good as deception point. Love how he makes you like each character and tells it from their point

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What a story

Loved the book. Just like any Dan Brown book.
Must read for Sci-fi loving fans.

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Great narration, top notch story.

It's Dan Brown, what did you expect?
The narrator is the best I've heard so far.
11/10 IGN

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waffle on toast with honey

same old structure
beginning with waffle and then a little honey
and a toast and the end

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I read this years ago and remember being enthralled and not being able to put the book down.

The book sounded like it was being read by a robot. when reading it myself, there was suspense, I was utterly thrilled, however the story read here had nothing, the performance was very wooden and took so much away from a good story.

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Digital Forresr

Very good loved it (iPod Sizzling)

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Nail Biting

Nail biting to the last, lots of twists. Just had to finish listening to this, now I can get to sleep.

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Better ending:

Susan wakes up at the end to find a note from david explaining that he is in a gay relationship with the commander who she thought was in love with her. The five digit password was actually "DAVID". David and the commander both skip off into the sunset hand in hand.

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Digital fortress

Great story from Dan Brown,
Great performance from the reader,
Amazing overall!
To be enjoyed again and again

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Trashy, yet enjoyable

I was shocked that, in a great departure from his later work, not everything was what it seemed in this Dan Brown novel! We know what to expect of the man at this point. There was a few painful literary cliches, a mystery that you can't solve unless you have an advanced degree in the relevant subject and everyone took themselves just a bit too seriously. As long as you're not expecting to have your world rocked, it's good fun and extremely easy listening!

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