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The Decrypter: Secret of the Lost Manuscript (The Calla Cress Thriller Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Rose Sandy (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 out of 5 stars 1,726 ratings

The Secret of the Manuscript is Only the Beginning... The Truth Could Cost Her Life.

Calla Cress has spent her entire life searching for her missing parents, thinking the mystery was long buried. But when a two-thousand-year-old manuscript with an unbreakable code lands in her hands, she is thrust into a desperate race against time.

As the British Museum curator deciphers the cryptic message, she becomes the target of a secret government agency determined to keep the truth hidden at all costs. When the manuscript vanishes in Berlin, Calla realizes that the key to her family's disappearance may be encoded in the ancient text.

With no time to lose, Calla, NSA security advisor Nash Shields, and tech entrepreneur Jack Kleve embark on a globe-trotting mission to decode the riddle and uncover a shocking technological breakthrough. Battling skilled assassins and unraveling layers of deceit, Calla discovers that nothing in the modern or ancient world is as it seems.

As the clock ticks down, Calla must risk everything to solve the mystery of her missing parents and prevent a dangerous new world from being unleashed. This is a race against time that she cannot afford to lose.

Experience the Rush of Danger and the Thrill of the Chase!

Perfect for fans of Alias, National Treasure, Jason Bourne, Steve Berry, Scott Mariani, and Clive Cussler.

What readers are saying about The Decrypter Series and Calla Cress:


★★★★★ “An action-packed techno-thriller that reveals a dark future where hacking occurs at the speed of thought.”
★★★★★ “A fast-paced thriller with twists and turns that will hopefully keep you up well past your bedtime.”
★★★★★ “A story of technology, hacking, and codes.”
★★★★★ “In a race against time, Calla and her team must decipher history’s greatest anagram.”
★★★★★ “Delivers a thrilling mystery for fans of Jason Bourne and the Matrix.”
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    The Calla Cress Thriller Series
  2. Print length
    508 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Accessibility
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  5. Publication date
    January 13, 2014
  6. File size
    2.6 MB
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Puzzle-solving suspense, Modern-day cryptographer, Dangerous manuscript hunt, Spy thriller

Puzzle-solving suspense, Modern-day cryptographer, Dangerous manuscript hunt, Spy thriller

Puzzle-solving suspense, Modern-day cryptographer, Dangerous manuscript hunt, Spy thriller

Puzzle-solving suspense, Modern-day cryptographer, Dangerous manuscript hunt, Spy thriller

Puzzle-solving suspense, Modern-day cryptographer, Dangerous manuscript hunt, Spy thriller
Puzzle-solving suspense, Modern-day cryptographer, Dangerous manuscript hunt, Spy thriller

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Reader Praise for 'The Decrypter: Secret of the Lost Manuscript'"Takes you on a ride and refuses to let you off until you reach the very end."
"A brilliant read! I recommend this to anyone who enjoys mystery, suspense, thrillers or action novels. The detail is astounding! The historic references, location descriptions, references to technology, cryptography....this author really knows her stuff."
"An action-packed adventure, techno thriller across several continents like a Jason Bourne or James Bond movie, but with an actual storyline!"
"Brilliantly written. I loved the very descriptive side, which was a good way of visualizing and getting to terms with each new place, as the action takes place in several different countries."
"The description is so rich, so immensely detailed that it just draws you in completely to its world."
"There is great tension and chemistry between the two main characters, Calla and Nash, that has you begging for more."

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: TRUTH OR FICTION?
 
I hope you enjoy this journey across continents and cultures. Many of the settings discussed in The Decrypter: Secret of the Lost Manuscript are places close to my heart, where I have either lived or had the opportunity to visit.
 
Except for a couple of altered street names like St. Giles Square, each location in the novel is taken from the global map and I hope one day you'll have an opportunity to visit some of them. In the meantime, I endeavor to draw plots from the smells, the sights and the beauty of these places and hope that some of them captured your interest.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AH0YKZY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Silver Gravity Entertainment
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 13, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.6 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 508 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1301287635
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 1 of 7 ‏ : ‎ The Calla Cress Thriller Series
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 out of 5 stars 1,726 ratings

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Rose Sandy is a thriller author who never set out to be a writer but instead to be a communicator with whatever landed in her hands. She is here to entertain you with the same thrillers she loves to read. With a passion for crafting pulse-pounding tales of suspense, espionage, and adventure, Rose's thrillers will transport you to a world of "what ifs?" and help you escape the mundane.

As a communicator at heart, Rose's goal is to make your day more entertaining by giving you stories to get lost in, whether it's during a boring commute or a lazy Sunday afternoon. With a knack for weaving technology, history, and global intelligence together, Rose's thrillers will take you behind the scenes of secret spy organizations, give you a taste of history, new technologies and science through her characters, and transport you to some of the most amazing cities and places in the world.

Rose writes suspense and intelligence thrillers where technology and espionage meet history in pulse-racing action adventure. She dips into the mysteries of our world, the fascination of technology breakthroughs, the secrets of history and global intelligence to deliver thrillers that weave suspense, conspiracy and a dash of romantic thrill.

A true globe-trotter, Rose's thrillers span cities and continents, and her writing approach is to hit hard with a good dose of tension and humor. When not crafting her next page-turner, you can find Rose in the British Library scrutinizing the Magna Carta, trolling Churchill's War Rooms, or sampling the latest gadget. And with a love for deep conversations with ex-military and secret service intelligence officers, Foreign Service staff or engrossed in a TED talk with a box of popcorn, Rose is always on the lookout for that next piece of information that will take her thrillers to the next level.

So join Rose on her thrilling journey and head to www.rosesandy.com for even more information and insights.

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Customers find this techno-thriller engaging with an interesting premise and strong female protagonist. The book keeps readers interested throughout and features an inventive concept, with one customer describing it as a well-written fast-paced thriller. However, the word quality receives negative feedback, with multiple customers noting issues with grammar and awkward sentence construction.

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49 customers mention "Story quality"43 positive6 negative

Customers enjoy the story of this techno-thriller, praising its basic plot and intriguing premise, with one customer noting how the narrative moves along effectively.

"...A very well written techno-thriller book. It was very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment...." Read more

"This book was a fun and great story...." Read more

"The Decrypter has a lot of potential. The story is intriguing, the questions that are raised and the situations that the main antagonist attempts to..." Read more

"...The book is long enough you feel like you know them. There is mystery, theft, intrigue, and a bit of the supernatural...." Read more

14 customers mention "Character development"14 positive0 negative

Customers find the characters interesting, with one review highlighting the strong female protagonist and another noting the author's breadth of experience.

"...Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a huge set of unique characters to keep track of...." Read more

"...paragraphs were sometimes awkward All in all, the book and its characters are gritty and tough." Read more

"...I love the characters. The book is long enough you feel like you know them. There is mystery, theft, intrigue, and a bit of the supernatural...." Read more

"...That said I totally enjoyed the story and the characters, fast paced entertaining and engrossing...." Read more

7 customers mention "Pacing"7 positive0 negative

Customers praise the book's pacing, with one noting it is well written and fast-paced, while another mentions there are no repetitive or out of sequence sentences.

"...There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences...." Read more

"Many twists in time and travel. It was a fast read with interest and some stuff that was hard to follow." Read more

"A well written fast paced thriller! I thoroughly enjoyed this book!" Read more

"A good story and fast paced only drawback was the ending seemed a little abrupt to me otherwise great book" Read more

5 customers mention "Interest"5 positive0 negative

Customers find the book engaging throughout.

"...I cannot wait for the next book and please Rose keep writing and keep your enthusiasm, I for one and am sure many more do and will enjoy your..." Read more

"...It held my attention through the whole book. I thought it was it was intreging and well written. Great job" Read more

"Good read, interesting premise, keep me interested. Finished reading this and started on the 2nd in the series...." Read more

"This is a great book. It keeps you interested throughout. Coming from a computer software background made the book even more enjoyable." Read more

4 customers mention "Concept"4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the inventive concept of the book.

"...I believe this author has great ideas and an inventive concept, but I'd urge her to have the work edited and re-release a fully edited, proofread..." Read more

"Interesting concept." Read more

"Highly imaginative." Read more

"A good idea with interesting characters. Strange sentence construction with odd uses of adjectives and adverbs make it read like a translation I felt." Read more

25 customers mention "Word quality"6 positive19 negative

Customers criticize the writing style of the book, noting numerous grammatical errors, awkward sentence structure, and misspellings that make the text almost meaningless.

"...from another language, but a few of the sentences and paragraphs were sometimes awkward All in all, the book and its characters are gritty..." Read more

"...be an effort to seem intelligent and mysterious, information is omitted leaving the reader confused...." Read more

"...Frankly, there were several sentences that had either errors or very odd word choices that made it impossible for me to understand the sentence at..." Read more

"...Only an honest one. A very awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very well written techno-thriller book...." Read more

3 customers mention "Reading experience"0 positive3 negative

Customers find the reading experience painful.

"...frequent incorrect choice of verbs and nouns made the reading rather a painful experience...." Read more

"...The sentence structure and choice of vocabulary makes the reading of it painful. The grammar makes it almost meaningless...." Read more

"...to get out of control and the word choices often become strange and awkward and even ridiculous...." Read more

Top reviews from the United States

  • Tony Parsons
    5.0 out of 5 stars techno thriller
    Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2019
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    London, England UK. Calla Cress (28, British Museum curator, orphan, MA: Cambridge Linguistics, MA: U of Chicago History), got off the train at St. Pancras International & hustled through immigration.
    A Range Rover was on the tail of her Maserati.
    After a physical confrontation he wanted the Deveron Manuscript.

    After 50 yrs. it was believed to be in Berlin, Germany.
    Philler (60, buss syst. mgr.) was going to help Calla locate Marla Cox.
    The names of the Father unknown, Bonnie Tyleman (mother, civil servant) & 200 more entries turned up.
    Calla was informed she was selected for the Taskforce Carbonado team.
    Berlin, Germany. Pergamon Museum. She met Manfred Bierman (RTL German media station). He seemed to know a whole lot about all the classified information.

    DI Raimund Eichel informed Calla he had no idea where Allegra May Driscoll (67, Irish, wealthy mining baroness, Nobel Prize) was.
    Alexander “Alex” Maxfield (55+, Asian, Guardian Chief Editor/Director) was not going to let Daddy’s girl Eva Lily Riche (Guardian newspaper reporter) write/report an article on the Pergamon Museum.

    Calla had the run of the place & could continue her research there.
    Calla & Nash Shields (son, colleague, former US Embassy, USMC, NSA) came to see Dr./Professor Guilford about Bishop Robert Lowth (Church of England, a scholar Oxford U; English professor).

    What was Eva (Chief Editor/Director, journalist) snooping around about?
    What were Agent Silver X3 & Agent Copper J21 up to?
    What did Eva Riche (Riche Media) talk about?

    I did not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers & authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review. Only an honest one.

    A very awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very well written techno-thriller book. It was very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a huge set of unique characters to keep track of. This could also make another great techno-thriller movie, or better yet a mini TV series. A very easy rating of 5 stars.

    Thank you for the free author; Silver Gravity Books; EBookStage; Amazon Digital Services LLC.; book
    Tony Parsons MSW (Washburn)
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    4.0 out of 5 stars Holy Mind Code Batman!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2016
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    This book was a fun and great story. I don't know if it was translated from another language, but a few of the sentences and paragraphs were sometimes awkward
    All in all, the book and its characters are gritty and tough.
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  • Casandra W Perry
    3.0 out of 5 stars Great potential but needs serious work
    Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2016
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    The Decrypter has a lot of potential. The story is intriguing, the questions that are raised and the situations that the main antagonist attempts to engineer are plausible and relevant to modern life. However, the book suffers greatly from Mad Lib syndrome. For those who don't know, a Mad Lib is a story with missing words. Each missing word is left for the player to choose, using the part of speech indicated. For example this sentence is a Mad Lib: The _________ (adjective) inspector ate ______________ (noun, food) for breakfast. One person would call out the part of speech and the other person would provide a word to fill in the blank, without knowing the context it would be used in. Many, many sentences in this book are like this. It is most obvious with the adjectives, but honestly, I think every part of speech got a turn. As you can imagine, this slowed the plot down considerably, because I repeatedly had to stop and try to determine exactly what the author was trying to say.
    Related to Mad Lib syndrome is I'm So Posh syndrome. I personally think of this as having an "ounce of pretension," which as everyone who's seen Steel Magnolias knows, is worth a pound of manure. So many places throughout the book a convoluted and nearly ridiculous description is provided when a simple sentence would have been so much more clear. In other places, in what seems to be an effort to seem intelligent and mysterious, information is omitted leaving the reader confused. Several times I found myself paging back trying to find a piece of information I missed because the passage I was trying to read made no sense.
    Overall, I actually did enjoy the book. I would strongly recommend that the author hire a ruthless editor and not take personal offense when the novel is slashed to perhaps 60% of its current size. Furthermore, I think the book would then benefit from a reading group to shape and refine much of the dialogue. Once those two editorial processes have been implemented, this book could easily be a true best seller.
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  • BJVP
    5.0 out of 5 stars Really good, long read
    Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2021
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    There are so many things I liked about this book. First it's long and involved but there are no dry or boring sections. There are a lot of characters - Calla, Nash and Jack with Allegra. Details, without being wordy, clarify character descriptions, places, events, etc. While there is one main plot, there are several others around the main plot and eventually all are connected. I love the characters. The book is long enough you feel like you know them. There is mystery, theft, intrigue, and a bit of the supernatural. While I'm not much of a science fiction fan, this book did a great job of incorporating the 'out of this world' elements so I enjoyed the idea very much. There are other books in the series and I will be reading them all.
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  • M. A. Shambo
    4.0 out of 5 stars I loved the story, but ...
    Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2022
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    I got so frustrated but the punctuation - and often the lack thereof. Missing commas, commas in wrong places, missing a space after a period (full stop) between sentences.
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  • Peter
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fast paced, great read
    Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2017
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    I saw this listed in the book lists and was intriuged by the storyline. I am a "reader" that is I enjoy reading but, am not a literary critic. That said I totally enjoyed the story and the characters, fast paced entertaining and engrossing. As to some of the other reviews, ok some misused words if you wish, but who cares when it is as much fun as this story. I cannot wait for the next book and please Rose keep writing and keep your enthusiasm, I for one and am sure many more do and will enjoy your offerings. 5 Stars
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  • mike cq
    5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful action novel full of surprises
    Reviewed in Australia on June 6, 2023
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    This book is nothing like I expected. It has everything including great characters, story line and the unexpected. I thoroughly enjoyed it and have no hesitation in giving it five stars. I should add that this is a rare rating for me as I usually only give four stars as my highest
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  • katurner
    5.0 out of 5 stars excellent book
    Reviewed in Canada on November 15, 2018
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    I had such a hard time putting the book down. Was drawn in right from the start. Will have to read more about Calla Cress.
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  • KiwiJ
    5.0 out of 5 stars A definite recommended read that transports you into a world that intertwines ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2015
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    Fast paced and action packed is an understatement. Imagine Lara Croft and the Men from UNCLE pitted against the power hungry megalomania of Von Doom and Specter and you barely scratch the surface. A definite recommended read that transports you into a world that intertwines science fiction with historical fact. Creating a mesmerizing intercontinental and temporally divergent journey that seamlessly connects the realm of the supernatural with the grit and grime of everyday life. Underpinned with the emotional roller-coaster of a heart rending individual search for personal identity and belonging. Whilst still managing to maintain a level of believably that only intensifies and heightens the adventure along with the sense of being a part of something much bigger. Throw into the mix the spice of hesitant, awkward romance and you have an epic story for the modern time.
    Rose Sandy is a true story teller of the modern day par excellence.
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  • Indy Dog
    4.0 out of 5 stars Consultez thriller
    Reviewed in France on March 16, 2016
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    Not bad à bit long winded in parts with some interesting characters. Had to concentrate in parts with the technology issues
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in India on October 31, 2016
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    Gripping thriller
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