BOOK 1: THE SILENT CIPHER
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(Cipher trilogy 1)
When investigative journalist Maya Quinn inherits the encrypted journal of a dead scientist, she unlocks the secret to The Cipher; a predictive algorithm so powerful it can shape nations, topple governments, and control the future itself.
But she isn't the only one hunting it. Ruthless tech magnate Adrian Hale will stop at nothing to claim the Cipher, and the only man who can help Maya decode it is Damian Cole,a brilliant cryptographer with a dangerous past and secrets of his own.
As they race across Europe, pursued by assassins and betrayed at every turn, Maya must decide who she can trust... and whether some truths are too deadly to be revealed.
The future isn't written:It's encrypted.
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