Remember my indignant post regarding this unspeakable charade of a novel? I'm not gonna finish the list, because reading the book hurts too much. With its amateurish writing style, nonsensical plot and totally unlikeable characters, the book's not worth the time it'll take to finish reading it. I'd rather reread Moby Dick, the classic I abhor most. Three times. The only redeeming quality of Digital Fortress? I don't own a copy.

However, let me guess the ending of the story:

(a) the "Most Trusted Person" will turn Judas
(b) there is no "Unbreakable Code" (well, duh)
(c) the two "genius" survive overwhelming odds despite their stupidity and lack of receptivity to ten thousand blatant clues and then proceed to breed like rabbits, thereby ensuring more stupid people in Dan Brown's fantasy world
(d) Someone points out the fatal flaw (see point 8) of TRANSLTR and the terrorists laugh to death

Point (d) is a bit shaky, but I'm willing to stake (a) on my reputation. Point (a) should work for all of Brown's published and unpublished novels as well.

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