The Cipher Who Came in from the Cold

This thriller describes a showdown between the United States and Israel on one side, and Iran on the other side. It begins with an intelligence failure of the US vis-a-vis Iran. America is struggling to catch up. The subtitle of the book is "with reality not far behind". And here comes October 7. Iran's proxy, Hamas, has misled Israel and US intelligence by posting misleading messages on an encrypted channel they knew America and Israel has breached, while communicating the true plans for this vicious attack through a Taiwanese cipher not unlike the cipher described in this thriller. It's bewildering how reality follows fiction. This book offers a thrilling insight into the emerging cyber war where one genius mind can overpower brigades of ordinary cyber experts. Who knows -- may be a young man or woman with the talent of Alan Turing was born in Teheran twenty five years ago, and is now serving as an equal to the full might of the NSA? The United States was caught in its mental inertia, while Iran was quick to recognize the rising power of randomness. The story unfolds in a breathtaking pace culminating in its surprising ending.