Ciphers

by Matt Rogers

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT?

Chaos strikes government operatives Jason King and Will Slater at home. New York goes dark as malicious code infects the power grid in a devastating cyberattack.

More than eight million people across the five boroughs. No power, no running water, no sanitation. Food supplies will be exhausted within two days, and there’s no one to restock the shelves. The government has no solution to the myriad problems that come with a major city losing electricity for a prolonged period.

All King and Slater know is the code used to knock out critical substations initiated in the heart of Manhattan, and so begins a harrowing race against the clock to get the lights back on before the city plunges into anarchy. They don’t have much time — it doesn’t take long for people to panic...