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Digital Fortress
Digital Fortress is a techno-thriller novel written by American author Dan Brown and published in 1998 by St. Martin's Press. The book explores the theme of government surveillance of electronically stored information on the private lives of citizens, and the possible civil liberties and ethical implications of using such technology.
Plot Summary.
When the United States National Security Agency's code-breaking supercomputer TRANSLTR encounters a revolutionary new code, "Digital Fortress," that it cannot break, Commander Trevor Strathmore calls in head
-time writer. "Digital Fortress" was published in 1998. His wife, Blythe, did much of the book's promotion, writing press releases, booking Brown on talk shows, and setting up press interviews. A few months later, Brown and his wife released "The Bald Book", another humor book. It was officially credited to his wife, though a representative of the publisher said that it was primarily written by Brown. Brown subsequently wrote "Angels & Demons" and "Deception Point", released