Cipher

by Sean Jenan

Charm a girl to steal her password? Frame his best friend? Why not - it's not like 'Nick Ravell' is even his real name.

Nick has it a full scholarship, first-string position on the lacrosse team, a gang of loyal friends.

But at night, tucked in the shadows of the university library, he is a fugitive cyberthief scouring the internet for the shattered pieces of a stolen fortune. He doesn't know someone is watching. Someone who desperately needs Nick's unusual skills.

Now Nick must be exposed to those who hunt him, or enter a dangerous experiment to decrypt a dark equation. Every step towards understanding it blurs the borders between what is real and what is illusion.

Is Nick the student he plays during the day, or the avatar he becomes at night? And what demons might he unleash when given the promise of everything he's ever wanted?

CIPHER is a steady build of action-packed suspense, a smart, visionary thriller prowling the edges of science and philosophy, faith and skepticism, spanning from the subatomic realm of quantum physics to the limitless ocean of the human mind.

With every escape path shrinking, with the FBI closing in, if Nick Ravell has any hope of surviving, he might need to finally stop running... and somehow find a miracle.

340 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 21, 2017

About the author

Sean Jenan grew up in Southern California and has been a computer programmer, an industrial designer, and a furniture maker. He lives with his wife and children, and far too many pets.

Sean Jenan's next novel, Black Sea, will be released autumn of 2021. He is currently at work writing the next book in the Nick Ravell trilogy, to be released winter of 2022.

Reviews

[Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful read

I had no idea where this book was going but it was sure a in ride. Wen I got to the end I wanted to whoop for joy. What a colorful and entertaining read .ill be reading more from this author. Bravo!

[Kyle · Rating 1 out of 5]

I can't believe I finished this pathetic attempt at a novel. I don't have a PhD in physics nor whatever the rest of this abomination of meaningless words was about. Not an IT/Hacker/cracker book. Not at all. Don't waste your time!

[JB · Rating 2 out of 5]

A bit too clever, especially with the God-vs.-science thing; an almost hit.

[Brandi Ricapito · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting read

Interesting read and concepts. I enjoyed this book and I look forward to reading the next one in the series.