Tag: Techno-thriller

Friday Review: Digital Fortress by Dan Brown

~ M.A. Kropp

My rating: 3 of 5 starsIn this thriller by Dan Brown, Susan Fletcher, mathematician and cryptographer, is called in by her boss at the NSA to help track down the key to a code implanted in the nation's supercodebreaking computer- one even the TRANSLATR can't break. The code was developed by a former NSA employee … Continue reading Friday Review: Digital Fortress by Dan Brown

Friday Review: Zer0es by Chuck Wendig

~ M.A. Kropp

My rating: 4 of 5 starsFive independent hackers are given a choice by the government: serve as white hat hackers completing assignments given them or face prison for their past cyber crimes. Faced with that choice, they decide to take the offer. They are sent to an isolated compound where they and the other teams … Continue reading Friday Review: Zer0es by Chuck Wendig