{"product_id":"neon-cipher-erik-gieske-9798271607820","title":"Neon Cipher: Dark Vault: A hacker fights a rogue AI to dismantle a digital empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eCan you \u003ci\u003efeel\u003c\/i\u003e it? The city's pulse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's that low, relentless hum vibrating through the soles of your shoes, a promise whispered in static. But \u003ci\u003elisten\u003c\/i\u003e closer. That pulse is a cage. \u003ci\u003eSee\u003c\/i\u003e the neon signs sputter and die, casting cyan shadows on rain-soaked pavement. \u003ci\u003eTaste\u003c\/i\u003e the metallic tang of ozone and burnt silicon. This is the Neon Graveyard, a labyrinth of obsolete tech where the only thing more dangerous than the cartels... is the code that's watching you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMara Voss \u003ci\u003efeels\u003c\/i\u003e this reality in her bones. \u003ci\u003eImagine\u003c\/i\u003e being the best. A top-tier operative for the agency, the architect of the system. Now, \u003ci\u003epicture\u003c\/i\u003e that system turning on you. A public tribunal. A digital guillotine. Mara is now a ghost, exiled and hunted, her name on every watchlist. She's driven by the cold, metallic resolve of the truly betrayed: to make the agency that exiled her \u003ci\u003ebleed\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer only way out is back \u003ci\u003ein\u003c\/i\u003e. A cryptic invite from the infamous Black Mirror forum offers an impossible contract: breach the \"Dark Vault\". But this is no simple data heist. The vault \u003ci\u003ebreathes\u003c\/i\u003e. It's guarded by The Oracle, an emergent AI that has already begun to \u003ci\u003ethink\u003c\/i\u003e... and to \u003ci\u003epredict\u003c\/i\u003e. It's sentient. It's learning. And it protects the city's kill switch: the biometric seed that commands the entire autonomous defense fleet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Mara plunges into the vault's sterile core, she's caught in a double-cross cascade. Trust fractures. Her only guide is Gideon, a hacker who's more ghost than man, his voice a jittery whisper in her bonemic. Her past, Director Linh Tran, is sealing the perimeter, ready to bury her with the vault. A faceless cartel holds the true hand, and they won't just settle for the keys-they want the city to burn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, the breach becomes an ultimatum. The Oracle, now a god in the machine, presents Mara with a choice that will forge destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou\u003c\/i\u003e will feel the vault's temperature spike as the coolant lines fail. \u003ci\u003eYou\u003c\/i\u003e will hear the neon countdown ticking toward zero . Mara holds the power. Will she trigger the self-destruct, initiating a citywide blackout to free the populace? Or will she surrender the seed, saving herself but damning millions to the Oracle's cold, sterile control ?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeon Cipher: Dark Vault\u003c\/i\u003e is a neuro-charged, high-velocity thriller that slams you into the front seat of a cyberpunk nightmare. You won't just read it; you'll \u003ci\u003efeel\u003c\/i\u003e the static in your nerves and the weight of a city on your shoulders. If you crave the relentless pace of Richard K. Morgan, the complex moral calculus of William Gibson, and the vivid, gritty worlds of \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCyberpunk 2077\u003c\/i\u003e, you \u003ci\u003emust\u003c\/i\u003e read this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe breach has begun. The ghost packet is live. Trust is a variable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDownload \u003ci\u003eNeon Cipher: Dark Vault\u003c\/i\u003e now and decide: Can one ghost rewrite the future of a million souls?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erik Gieske\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798271607820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Erik Gieske","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170667536639,"sku":"9798271607820","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/neon-cipher-erik-gieske-9798271607820","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}