Pub Date: May 5, 2000
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 1.10" H x 8.00" L x 5.40" W ( 0.70 lbs) 384 pages
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Description: 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 mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves throughout the corridors of power.
Brief description: Dan Brown is the author of numerous #1 bestselling novels, including Digital Fortress, Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, which has sold more than 80 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best selling novels of all time. Named one of the World's 100 Most Influential People by TIME magazine, he has appeared in the pages of Newsweek, Forbes, People, GQ, The New Yorker, and others. His novels are published in 51 languages around the world. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he spent time as an English teacher before turning his efforts fully to writing. He lives in New England with his wife.
Review Quotes:
"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 "Digital Fortress is smart and reads with all the pace of a hit movie." --Larry Lasker, Screenwriter, Wargames and Sneakers "Exciting...will rivet cyber-minded readers." --Booklist "A disturbing, cutting-edge techno thriller that should galvanize everyone who sends or receives email or even dreams of navigating the Web."--John J. Nance, author of Pandora's Clock, The Last Hostage "Brown isn't just a novelist; he's a crossover pop culture sensation"--The Boston Globe "A master of the breathless, puzzle-driven thriller."--Richmond Times-Dispatch "What Brown does in a way that appeals to millions of people around the world is tell stories that remind us there's more to the world than meets the eye."--The Huffington Post "Dan Brown is the master of the intellectual cliffhanger." --The Wall Street Journal