Who would guard the guardians- A review of Digital Fortress by Dan Brown

It all starts with a University professor, David Becker's phone call to his fiance, Susan Fletcher, saying there's a change in their plans and it wouldn't be possible to have the sweet picnic as he has to fly to Spain to attend for an emergency. 

The plot is set up in  U.S's National Security Agency(NSA) which is a top-secret organization which has a program that can track personal conversations sent through Emails. They take pride in owning a computer called TRANSLTR which is programmed to unscramble any code but its presence is masked from the public as there were outcries regarding the privacy of common citizens. It helped the NSA in saving the nation from terrorist attacks and several safety issues. Susan is the head of the cryptography section at NSA who is carefully brought up by the director, Strathmore by protecting her in the workplace and helping her grow careerwise ( He gave me an impression of an ideal employer but!! ). 

The Agency has encountered a code that's been running on TRANSLTR since 15 hours, yet remains undecrypted. This is seen as no small issue as it questions the efficiency of TRANSLTR and on a serious note, Susan is called to the office on a Saturday morning by Strathmore slightly after her call with David which has already left her in a bad mood. 

Dan Brown takes us through a thriller journey where quite a handful of murders are encountered, half of the book has its plot in Spain whereas the other half is plotted at the NSA head office. Unknowingly, both David and Susan are on the same mission employed by the same person, Strathmore but planned to have different fates. David is sent to be killed while Susan is being used to serve some other purpose. The rollercoaster ride through the book leaves the reader with nail-biting suspense, exciting real-time digital emergency and a number of what-ifs. 

There's a clearcut differentiation of love that tries to conquer and a love that's in to sacrifice. The book also throws light on how vulnerable the world has become as technology is expanding, how little an issue is capable of shaking the mankind, how little are we to trust people and how unpredictable the situations turn out to be.