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I've found myself hooked on Dan Browns books. He's the famous author who wrote the Da Vinci Code in 2003. I needed a book to sort of "escape" from this world if you will. From the daily grind of classes and meetings. After watching The Da Vinci Code (which I know, does the book no justice) I was hooked. I liked the back and forth mystery and problem solving. Also learning about past cultures, secrets, and the excitement of believing that some of the information he presents, if not all, is true. It's just a very fun escape into a world that is actually very real. Half of the fun is reading the book and picking the truth out from the text, for me at least. I think my mom actually has Da Vinci Code in her room at the moment...and since I can't sleep, I think I'll just have to go and get it. Peace!

So, I haven't read The Da Vinci Code yet but my first book of his I picked up was Angels & Demons. Which is actually the predecessor to The Da Vinci Code. I actually found a quote in there that basically jumped off the page to me. (See Angels & Demon Quote post)


I've also read:

Deception Point

Description - "When a new NASA satellite spots evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory… a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the impending presidential election.

With the Oval Office in the balance, the President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Milne Ice Shelf to verify the authenticity of the find. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic academic Michael Tolland, Rachel uncovers the unthinkable—evidence of scientific trickery—a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy.

But before Rachel can contact the President, she and Michael are attacked by a deadly task force…a private team of assassins controlled by a mysterious powerbroker who will stop at nothing to hide the truth. Fleeing for their lives in an environment as desolate as it is lethal, they possess only one hope for survival: to find out who is behind this masterful ploy. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all…

In his most thrilling novel to date, bestselling author Dan Brown transports readers from the ultra-secret National Reconnaissance Office to the towering ice shelves of the Arctic Circle, and back again to the hallways of power inside the West Wing. Heralded for masterfully intermingling science, history, and politics in his critically acclaimed thriller Angels & Demons, Brown has crafted another novel in which nothing is as it seems—and behind every corner is a stunning surprise. DECEPTION POINT is pulse-pounding fiction at its best." (Source)
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Digital Fortress
Description - "When the NSA's most classified technological wonder--an invincible code-breaking machine--encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls in its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant and 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 ingeniously complex that if released it will cripple U.S. intelligence.

Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Susan 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.

With a startling twist that leaves the agency scrambling to avert the biggest intelligence disaster in U.S. history, Digital Fortress never lets up.

From the underground hallways of power, to the skyscrapers of Tokyo, to the towering cathedrals of Spain, a desperate race unfolds. It is a battle for survival -- a crucial bid to destroy a creation of inconceivable genius... an impregnable code-writing formula that threatens to obliterate the balance of power. Forever." (Source)

Text copied from - http://www.danbrown.com/novels/digital_fortress/plot.html