num_pages: 371
description: A former National Security Agency programmer threatens to release a mathematical formula that will allow organized crime and terrorism to skyrocket, unless the code-breaking computer that is used to keep them in check--but that violates civil rights--is not exposed to the public.
language: English
title: Digital Fortress
titlecomplete: Digital Fortress
characters: Ensei Tankado, Susan Fletcher, Trevor Strathmore, Greg Hale, David Becker, Phil Chartrukian
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Novels, Crime, Suspense
ratings_count: 626270
places: Maryland, Fort Meade, Maryland
publisher: Thomas Dunne Books