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The Cypher Files

The Cypher Files

An Escape Room… in a Book!

Summary

THE ULTIMATE GIFT FOR WANNABE SPIES: AN INTERACTIVE PUZZLE BOOK FROM THE CREATOR OF THE BESTSELLING CULT PHENOMENON, JOURNAL 29!

In this brain-bending interactive game, you'll solve puzzles on every page, and obtain keys to move forward by submitting answers online. To solve each puzzle, you'll need to think outside the book.

You are an agent of CY.P.H.E.R., the secret international agency working on 'unsolvable' code-based cases. Called upon to investigate cryptic clues discovered in the wake of a series of mysterious disappearances, the clock is ticking to crack the codes before it's too late.

To escape this book, you must write, draw, search, fold and cut pages, explore virtual escape rooms and think laterally to identify the perpetrator and solve the mystery.

All you need to play is a pencil, a pair of scissors, an internet connection, and a curious mind.

Reviews

  • I can guarantee no one - and I do mean no one - has ever seen or completed a puzzle book quite like this.
    Popwrapped

About the author

Dimitris Chassapakis

Dimitris Chassapakis is a digital creative director by day. In 2015 he published a viral mobile puzzle app game called none* which was featured in the Daily Mail and Business Insider. In 2017 he crowdfunded and published Journal 29 and in 2018 a sequel, Journal 29: Revelation. After finding a cult audience online both books have been translated into multiple languages. Dimitris lives with his wife and children in Athens.
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