The Einstein Code

by Tom West

A lost cipher. A race against time to decode it.

Marine archaeologists Kate Wetherall and Lou Bates are diving off Howland Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, when a torpedo-shaped object hurtles through the water towards them; the fuselage of Amelia Earhart's lost plane. In the cockpit, they find a corroded metal cylinder the size of a baton.
Landing back on US soil, Kate and Lou are arrested and interrogated by special forces, and the cylinder confiscated. Behind the arrests is Glena Buckingham, CEO of the powerful energy conglomerate Eurenergy, as she too has discovered that the wrecked plane may have held precious secret cargo.
Meanwhile, an extraordinary piece of footage has come to light - of Einstein talking about a radical new defence technology he had been working on.
Whoever can decrypt the lost cipher, which holds the key to Einstein's secret defence technology, could hold the key to global power.

Genres: Fiction

417 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 26, 2015

About the author

Pseudonym for Sam Fisher, Michael White

Reviews

[Gordon Johnston · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good lead characters and a very interesting plot involving Amelia Earhart smuggling a message headed to Albert Einstein! The historical sections are well done and believable.

But ... it all falls apart after a good set up. After a few action scenes and the inevitable (and very obvious) plot twist the book doesn't so much end as just stop. There is no real resolution and it feels very frustrating for the reader.

[Nigel · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read and follows on nicely from the first book. Characters are developing nicely and we start to learn a little more about their back story.Tis is a well constructed story involving Einstein and a project he was developing for the government, Amelia Earhart acting as courier and a mysterious code.As would be expected shady corporations and super powers are all after the same thing leading to an interesting climax. Looking forward to the next instalment.

[Tiina · Rating 1 out of 5]

The initial set-up sounded intriguing. A code related to Einstein and to Amelia Earhart. However, the story was full of double-crossing and intrigue - nobody was what they first seemed, or maybe they were even though they were suspected not to be. So tedious to read! The code, which I took to be at the center of things was at the sidelines, and everything else got more attention. Bo-ring.

[Charlee November · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting ideas, involving some historical figures. Also some cool revelations like the Metro 2 of Russia. But the plot was frightfully cliched, the characters and their lines so stereotypical, I cringed countless times reading this.

[Wilde Sky · Rating 2 out of 5]

People hunt for details of a mysterious test that occurred in 1937.

The basic idea for this book was good, but the writing was laboured, the plot became too far-fetched and the end was flat.

[Joshua · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not worth reading :(
The plot is too implausible. The ending was anti-climactic. A big letdown.

[Sarah Colterman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a decent book. I found the writing to be a little bit rough, lots of minor grammar and spelling mistakes but nothing serious.
I loved the story, I've always been fascinated with Amelia earhart. If the writing were better I would absolutely rate this higher I just found the grammar mistakes paired with a bit of "bouncing" between time lines made it a little bit awkward to follow.