{"product_id":"the-cipher-harvest-thad-cross-9798242625921","title":"The Cipher Harvest: A Black Ops Technothriller","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe U.S. Navy is for sale. And the Ghost Unit is the only bidder without a bankroll.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving off the grid in a derelict warehouse in the Pacific Northwest, Val Sharma and her team of rogue operatives are officially dead to the world. They are the \"Ghost Unit\"-stateless, self-funded, and running on fumes.+2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the team's threat-hunting algorithm detects a \"Level 5 Signature\" on the dark web, the nightmare scenario becomes real: a \"Zero-Day\" exploit capable of blinding the U.S. Pacific Fleet is up for auction. The seller is a shadow broker named Cypher. The buyer is the ruthless Cartel of the Coast, looking to turn the Pacific Ocean into a smuggler's paradise.+3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo stop the transfer, the team must launch a desperate, under-equipped heist inside a fortified data haven in Kyiv. But as Val bluffs her way through a room of warlords and Jalen battles mercenaries in the sub-basement, they discover the auction is a Trojan Horse.+1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe drive they are stealing doesn't just hold a weapon against the Navy; it holds the \"Spectre Protocol\"-a digital fail-safe designed to hunt down and erase the Ghost Unit itself.+1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of money, out of allies, and out of time, the team must survive a kinetic war in Ukraine only to come home to a new reality: their own network is trying to kill them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Third Option Series continues in this pulse-pounding technothriller where the most dangerous enemy is the one in your own server.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thad Cross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798242625921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Thad Cross","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172037173503,"sku":"9798242625921","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cipher-harvest-thad-cross-9798242625921","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}