Book review: Mormon hacker works to decipher a dangerous mystery in ‘The Cryptic Cipher’

LDS author Denver Acey once again delivers a riveting story following former hacker Tanner Stone. In “The Cryptic Cipher,” Tanner, a Mormon National Security Agency analyst, races to uncover the meaning behind a mysterious email to save the very essence of the United States in an adventure spanning Central America, the NSA and even the White House.

This time, an elusive shadow organization threatens the presidential line of succession. Tanner and his team hack email servers, infiltrate government defenses, scramble to protect government officials before rogue hackers can use technology for assassination, and scour Guatemala for an evasive man who might hold the secret to decoding a conspiracy.

Acey, whose background is in the information technology industry, has improved his skill as a writer since Tanner’s last outing in 2015’s “The Quantum Deception,” but “The Cryptic Cipher” still misses a few marks. The pacing jerks forward in between the first and second half, and unlike in Acey’s first two novels, neither Tanner nor his family is ever in any real, plot-moving danger. In the second half of “The Cryptic Cipher,” when events accelerate to a breakneck pace, Tanner isn’t even the main character, and it isn’t clear who is. For the full article click here 

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