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Digital Fortress

By: Publication details: Corgi BooksISBN:
  • 0552151696
Subject(s): Summary: SynopsisWhen the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls in 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, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves... 
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Item type Home library Collection Class number Status Date due Barcode
Book, Standard Loan (4 weeks) Countess of Chester NHS Library Main Shelves FIC B (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available COU00001967
Book, Standard Loan (4 weeks) Stockport NHS Library Leisure Reading Leisure FIC B (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R3167

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SynopsisWhen the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls in 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, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves...