The Judas Cipher

Book One of Echoes Through Time

When historian-turned-treasure hunter Ethan Cross is hired to appraise a forgotten WWII collection in rural England, he expects dust, documents, and nothing more.

Instead, he discovers a water-stained diary belonging to Lieutenant David Mercer, a British codebreaker who vanished in 1944. The final pages contain a desperate plea, a hidden cipher… and a warning about a relic that "must never be found."

Hours later, men posing as antique dealers attempt to steal the diary. Their employer?

Marcus Voss—a billionaire philanthropist with a secret cartel, a brutal past, and an obsession with wartime anomalies. Voss believes Mercer uncovered something extraordinary… and he will kill to possess it.

Ethan turns to Sophia Alvarez, an investigative journalist with her own interest in whispered wartime conspiracies. Together, they follow Mercer's cryptic trail across Europe—from ruined monasteries in France to sealed bunkers in Germany. Each clue reveals more of a buried history:

A Resistance fighter who died protecting a secret.

A traitor known only as Judas.

A relic capable of disrupting radio waves, electronics… and perhaps far more.

As past and present collide, Ethan and Sophia discover that the relic was never meant to be a weapon. It was a signal—one piece of a network hidden beneath the chaos of WWII. And someone else is already trying to rebuild it.

With assassins closing in and a conspiracy decades in the making rising to the surface, the truth becomes clear:

The war never ended. Its echoes are still vibrating. And the next signal is about to awaken.

Fans of The Da Vinci Code, The Man in the High Castle, and The Atlantis Gene will love this atmospheric, fast-paced blend of historical intrigue, modern action, and high-stakes mystery.