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Cryptonomicon : A novel by Neal Stephenson is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that shaped this century. As an added bonus, the e-book edition of this New York Times bestseller includes an excerpt from Stephenson's new novel, Seveneves. In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse#8212;mathematical genius and young Captain in the U.S. Navy#8212;is assigned to detachment 2702. It is an outfit so secret that only a handful of people know it exists, and some of those people have names like Churchill and Roosevelt. The mission of Waterhouse and Detachment 2702#8212;commanded by Marine Raider Bobby Shaftoe-is to keep the Nazis ignorant of the fact that Allied Intelligence has cracked the enemy's fabled Enigma code. It is a game, a cryptographic chess match between Waterhouse and his German counterpart, translated into action by the gung-ho Shaftoe and his forces. Fast-forward to the present, where Waterhouse's crypto-hacker grandson, Randy, is attempting to create a #34;data haven#34; in Southeast Asia#8212;a place where encrypted data can be s

Who reads Cryptonomicon : A novel?

Author

Neal Stephenson

Publisher

HarperCollins e-books

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780380788620

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller

Rating

4.25 / 5 (1,682 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13