"Engrossing... insightful... fascinating and often hysterical... CRYPTONOMICON is really three novels in one, featuring healthy portions of World War II adventure, cryptography, and high-tech finance, with treasure hunting thrown in for good measure... But that's only half of it." USA Today A remarkable epic adventure of soldiers, secrets, gold, spies, codemakers and codebreakers, conspiracies, power, pirates, prisoners, lovers and great escapes-from one of the boldest imaginations in contemporary fiction NEAL STEPHENSON "Amazing... The latest novel from Neal Stephenson almost defies description. Imagine Tom Clancy mated with William Gibson, with James Michener acting as midwife, and you begin to get the idea." Seattle Times "A hell of a read." Wired A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK