The Thevenin Cipher is a new novella that sets up an immersive, real-world 17-stage analog game where readers solve ciphers, find clues, and step directly into the lore-based story. It links a nostalgic past with today’s need to ditch the screen and escape into the physical world. The past is the puzzle, the story is the key, the adventure is analog.

FROM THE COVER:

West Virginia, 1993. For college student Jimmy Thevenin, the past is about to become dangerously real. A mysterious attorney delivers a bequest from an estranged great-uncle: a chaotic archive of ciphers, maps, and riddles dating back to the American Revolution. The challenge? Retrace the steps of ancestor Henri Thevenin to uncover a truth hidden on the frontier for over two centuries.

Enlisting his brilliant friend Maggie, Jimmy dives into the hunt. But when the “attorney” vanishes without a trace, the game turns ominous. Armed with cryptic clues and 18th-century secrets, Jimmy must decode his family’s legacy before the past catches up with him.

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