When the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encoun- ters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls in its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful math- ematician. 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 it 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 …
When the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encoun- ters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls in its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful math- ematician. 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 it 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. --back cover
Hardcover, 639 pages
English language
Published Aug. 13, 2004 by Thorndike Windsor Parragon.
If you are able to write, you should also be able to read. About the stuff you're writing about, for instance. 🙄
Too much bulllshit like: "Computer viruses were as varied as bacterial viruses." Facepalm and other stuff. To much bullshit, too boring story.
