Crypto chips unique to the National Security Agency are found where they have no business being. Pressured to explain, NSA assigns Ellen Drew to perform an internal investigation and work with the FBI task force. She is a brilliant and experienced ex-LAPD Homicide investigator who quickly becomes enmeshed in a web of politics, duplicity, and treason.
Dr. James Stone is a computer security engineer in private consulting practice, primarily for the U.S. Department of Defense. He has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and has held a professorship at a major university. He has several international certifications in computer security. Dr. Stone is hard at work on the sequel to Crypto as well as a new novel, this time near-future science fiction involving quantum computing and human-realistic robotics.
