The Shadow Cipher

York

Content Ratings

No Romance

There is no romantic content; the three protagonists' relationships are built on friendship and a shared obsession with the cipher.

Light Themes

The novel celebrates intellectual curiosity, the joy of discovery, and the importance of community and history in shaping a place's identity.

No Violence

There is no meaningful violence; the tension comes from the puzzle itself, the real estate threat, and a shadowy antagonist's interest in their discoveries.

Synopsis

When twins Tess and Theo and their neighbor Jaime learn that their apartment building in an alternate-history New York is being torn down, they become obsessed with solving a centuries-old cipher left by the building's mysterious original architects—the Morningstarrs—whose advanced technology shaped the city. A richly detailed, endlessly inventive puzzle mystery. The first book of the York trilogy.