Digital Fortress

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Digital Fortress is a 1998 thriller novel by American author Dan Brown. The novel centers on clandestine organizations and code-breaking, inspired by Brown's interest in covert intelligence agencies after an encounter with the U.S. Secret Service at his former teaching post. It served as a model for his subsequent works, which often feature intricate plots and secret societies.12

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…basis of his first novel, Digital Fortress (1998). Centering on clandestine organizations and code breaking, the novel became a model for Brown’s later works.
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…basis of his first novel, Digital Fortress (1998). Centering on clandestine organizations and code breaking, the novel became a model for Brown’s later works.
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