Black Cipher - Rilegato

Harrison, Payne

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ISBN 10: 051758753X ISBN 13: 9780517587539

Casa editrice: Crown Pub, 1995

Riassunto

Faisal Shaikh, a British subject of Pakistani origins, who works for a top-secret code-breaking arm of British intelligence, deciphers a mysterious encrypted message, a feat that makes him a target of a high-level international conspiracy

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L'autore:

Payne Harrison is a former newspaper reporter and business consultant. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Texas A&M University and an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University. He and his wife live in Dallas, where he is working on his next novel.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

signals the dawn of the cryptothriller.

Payne Harrison, the author of the best-selling Storming Intrepid and Thunder of Erebus, spins his narrative magic vet again -- this time exploring the fascinating but clandestine world of codebreaking and signals intelligence.

Secluded in the quiet Gloucestershire township of Cheltenham is the hypersecret codebreaking and signals intelligence enclave of the British spy machine. Known as Government Communications Headquarters, it is home to a small army of eavesdroppers, linguists, and codebreakers who secretly probe the airwaves for the defense of the realm.

Within this high-tech fortress is a man of great mystery, urbanity, and elan, whose powers in the field of cryptanalysis are nothing short of legendary. His name is Faisal Shaikh, and when an unusual encrypted message crosses his desk, it is like a siren's song to his codebreaking skills. Calling upon all of his knowledge and intuition, Faisal finally unlocks its secre

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• Editore: Crown Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 051758753X
• ISBN 13: 9780517587539
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida