Description: Bouncing between World War II and the World Wide Web, Cryptonomicon follows the exploits of Lawrence Waterhouse, a young mathematical genius and cryptanalyst. Waterhouse is assigned to Detachment 2702, a highly secret Allied outfit attempting to crack the Nazi Enigma code without the enemys knowledge. Fast forward to the present, where Waterhouses grandson Randy stumbles upon a massive conspiracy rooted in his grandfathers original work a conspiracy that represents the path to a future of ultimate freedom or universal totalitarianism. Stephenson is the hottest science fiction writer in America. Bruce Sterling, Details

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