全球No.1暢銷書《達文西密碼》作者丹布朗的處女作。說是處女作,作者的野心卻很驚人,小說從一個有著獨家祕密卻瀕死的人開場,描寫在數位資訊時代,美國安全局(NSA)為了打擊恐怖份子,斥巨資研發一部解碼機器,號稱它能解開世上所有加密文件,當然也包括侵犯一般百姓的隱私。就在這時無所不能的解碼機遇上了不可破解的加密軟體,一場密碼高手戰就此展開。
本書對電子數位時代,個人隱私是否成了過去式,提出驚悚的看法。一個為人民安全把關的機構、一個擁有監視所有祕密以保國家安危的機構,背後該由誰來監督它呢?
女主角Susan Fletcher在這場風暴中,面對祕密與謊言,奮力解救她相信有益打擊犯罪的國安局。眾叛親離之際,她發現自己極力解救的不僅是國家,而且是自己的性命,最後還需解救她深愛的男人。
從權力中心的地下走廊,到東京的摩天大樓,到聳立西班牙的大教堂,一場沒命狂奔就此展開。這是一場生死之戰,期望一舉摧毀巧思創作的程式......
★本書中文版《數位密碼》由時報出版
When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls 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.