Cryptonomicon : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers Inc : 9780060512804 : 0060512806 : 01 Dec 2002 : A remarkable epic adventure of soldiers and secrets, spies and code breakers, cryptography and high-tech finance. When the adult grandchildren of two men once involved in code-breaking espionage in World War II find a sunken Nazi submarine, they\'re led to a massive conspiracy, the effects of which can either enhance freedom--or subjugate the world. A \"New York Times\" Notable Book.