So this wordsmith is again here with his mystified,chilling and suspenseful series of action called Digital fortress,an exciting book written for cyber-minded readers.Story starts with
Susan fletcher,young
code breaker in NSA(National security
agency) of US.Susan with his commandar
Strathemore faced a serious problem by an ex-employee of NSA itself.The biggest and
secret achievement of NSA is TRANSLTR,a machine that can break every code, so that this agency can keep an eye to every bit of
data being transferred on internet.But Tankado feels this secret investigation of data as the violation of human rights and thus after years of research he declares that he made an
algorithm that can create unbreakable code.He threatens Strathemore either to tell world about TRANSLTR or be ready for the public declaration of that algorithm.Both are impossible options for strathemore as revealing about TRANSLTR existence will create political turmoil and on the other side anyone can use that algorithm to securelly transfer data securely on Internet including terrorist and all sort of criminals.Meanwhile Tankado dies that creates a lot of difficulties for NSA as an anonymous person will declare that algorithm in public as soon as he/she gets the message of Tankado''''s death.So in a way NSA is being held hostage and susan has to do something to save her agency as in other case,situations will cripple U.S. intelligence.Meanwhile she finds a lot of shocks waiting for her and finally she uncovers the top most secret of U.S intelligence that almost shattered her.But at last she regains herself and stand for her country.How she does,what kind of shocks she gets,these questions are the ultimate essence of this book which is worth reading.It is the most realistic techno-thriller wriiten by dan brown
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