Digital Fortress by Dan Brown, Paul Michael (2004, Compact Disc)

From the man who brought us The Da Vinci Code, well this book is a bit harder to get though. To imagine the NSA having a master computer that reads all the E-mail in the world and is able to crack any code, is that possible? The book make it believable, but then again that is what Dan Brown is good at, and in this book he leads you done that path again. The book is written well and the characters are believable, it has nice twists and turns like his other books, but not quit as polished. I'd recommend this book to people who believe in the theory of "BIG BOTHER is WATCHING", as a conspiracy to cover up the existence of a computer that would possible be able to do it. It is a good novel though and highly recommended as good entertainment.

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We like adventure thrillers. Really! I've read some of his other stuff, and it was entertaining, plausible. I had this one figured out before the end of the first CD. It has Soooo much formula stuff in it that it sounds contrived. Brown tries to keep it interesting, but he rolls off the edge with the uncharacteristic lack of security in a top-secret organization, the improbable isolated computer system that can literally have a meltdown, the simple theft of passwords that just wouldn't work in a top-security organization, and on and on and on. I guess if Dan Brown's style turns you on, you could get some entertainment from this. The only reason we finished it (on CD) was because it was all we had in the car on a trip to AR and back. Otherwise, we would have tossed it on the recycle pile and moved on to the next. Look here: put a back-door in an encryption algorythm, and hackers will have it within minutes of release! Bad premise!

Just finished the book and I'm a bit disappointed. Although an attempt was made to offer suspense and twists and turns, it fell short. Decent enough for someone who doesn't pride themselves in "figuring out" the mystery or for someone who is just escaping a tedious day. I was never perplexed about why something happened or how to figure out the code. Figuring out the "bad guys" was not a problem. It was just too easy. I still love Dan Brown but stick with the others for a more intricately crafted experience.