Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31030 in Books
• Published on: 2004-11-15
• Format: Audiobook
• Binding: Audio CD

Synopsis
When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed triumph -- a triumph with profound implications both for NASA policy and for the impending presidential election. To verify the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic scholar Michael Tolland, Rachel travels to the Arctic and uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery on a scale which threatens to plunge the world into controversy. But before she can warn the President, Rachel and Michael are ambushed by a deadly team of assassins. Fleeing for their lives across a desolate and lethal landscape, their only hope for survival is to discover who is behind this masterful plot. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all.

Customer Reviews

Lots of Twists and Turns

Dan Brown has had some bad press lately, much of it questioning his ability as a writer. As they say, there is no such thing as bad publicity. I have now read all Brown's books and found them both interesting and innovative. Digital Fortress is possibly the best story of the lot and to go too deeply into the plot would spoil it for the reader.

To give a very general synopsis is probably the best way to approach the plot of the book, so here goes: The US Presidential elections are coming up and the President's chances are not looking too good. The Senator who is vying with him for the Presidency is running a successful campaign against NASA, the American space agency. The Senator is virtually saying that the agency is now a white elephant drawing vast sums of money from the US taxpayer and give virtually nothing in return.

The President of the US then makes a television broadcast stating that NASA have made an earth shattering discovery. The announcement blows his opponents campaign right out of the water.

That is a very brief and broad resume of the book. Without giving too much away, I will just say that the discovery is made under 200ft. of ice in the Arctic and is mind blowing. To say anymore would spoil the story for the reader.

Lightweight and unengaging
Why do I always feel the same about Dan Brown's novels? That is: goodish ideas poorly enacted, essentially leaving me disappointed.
This one doesn't even have the page turning qualities of the Da Vinci Code.
Fine if you have nothing else to listen to on a long journey, but you'll only listen to it once.

You don't want to press stop....
Bought this audio-cd and listened to it during a rather long car trip and thank God for Drive through restaurants because I did not want to leave the car.
Though there are quite some personal portraits to remember, not to mention government organizations, this book left me longing for it whenever I have to stop listening.
The only downside would be the excessive murder attempts that kind of go over the top a bit but hey, it is fiction, right?