272, Tabuan Heights
                                                                        Jalan Song, Phase 1,

                                                                        93350, Kuching,

                                                                        Sarawak, Malaysia                                         

Dear Danielle,


        Greetings from Hanoi! I hope you and everyone else is doing well back in Kuching. I presume the weather there is burning hot as usual? Or has it cooled down a bit? Anyway, the reason I’m writing this letter to you is to give you an update on the latest book I read. Judging by your massive bookshelf that is overflowing with books, you’re obviously an avid reader like me. So, I’m hoping to convince you into reading this book, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it!
        The title of the book is called ‘Digital Fortress’ by Dan Brown. I know that you’ve read ‘Angels and Demons’ as well as ‘The Da Vinci Code.’ I ALSO know that you enjoyed these two books since you kept persuading me to read them, so, now it’s my turn. I won’t spoil the book by telling the entire plot to you, but I’ll tell you enough to make you interested! Let’s begin, shall we?
        The main character of the story is Susan Fletcher. She is the Head of Cryptography in NSA. You’re obviously puzzled by this now, so, allow me to explain. The NSA, short for the National Security Agency is one of the most influential government organizations in the world. The NSA’s agenda is to protect U.S government communications and to intercept the communications of foreign powers. To make it simple, this Agency specializes in intercepting emails, chats, telephone lines and etc to provide secure government communication in the event of war. People conducting illegal business of the internet could be stopped with the help of the single most expensive piece of computing equipment in the world, TRANSLTR. I won’t go into too much detail about the NSA, you’ll just have to read it by yourself.
        Susan Fletcher is a brilliant, beautiful mathematician who specializes in code-breaking for the NSA. Since terrorists or dangerous governments usually encode their messages for secrecy, Susan’s job was to study the codes, break them by hand, and furnish the NSA with the deciphered messages. The book states many types of codes such as Julius Caesar’s ‘perfect square’ cipher box and these codes are truly fascinating to know about!

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        The whole story starts when Susan receives a call from the commander of NSA, Trevor Strathmore, when she was supposed to be on vacation with her fiancé, David Becker. Apparently, David has also been occupied by some business as well. ‘What is it?’ you ask. Well, I’m not going to tell you. Commander Strathmore has been stumped by a program that he downloaded from the Internet, called Digital Fortress. It is apparently able to generate unbreakable codes that will put a stop to the NSA. Commander Strathmore is stunned by the results when TRANSLTR is unable to break the code ...

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