The Science of Hidden Patterns
Every mystery leaves a trace. Every truth follows a pattern.
Cipherlock™ Press publishes stories that investigate the unseen architecture of our world — whether through hard data or imagined realities. From environmental forensics to speculative physics, our authors treat curiosity as a discipline and storytelling as an experiment in discovery.
We explore what connects evidence to imagination, proof to possibility, and fact to fiction. In each narrative — be it the Umbra trilogy’s coded timelines or Smoke Screen’s forensic exposé — the pursuit is the same: to reveal the systems that hide behind complexity and the human motives that power them.
At Cipherlock™ Press, we don’t just tell stories — we analyze them.
We follow anomalies, chart relationships, and uncover meaning in the noise.
Fiction - The Umbra Project
Decode the Signal. Expose the Truth.
A cryptic Morse code transmission from deep space awakens forgotten systems – both human and machine. As Liam Mills uncovers the recursive code buried in Cold War archives, he must team up with a physicist, a rabbi, and a reclusive veteran to uncover the truth behind a signal that may be rewriting time itself.
Pursued by a global surveillance regime and stalked by a presence that defies understanding, the group races to decode the past before the future dissolves.
Blending real cryptography, hidden military history, quantum theory, and ancient codes, The Umbra Signal is a cerebral, high-octane sci-fi thriller that challenges everything you think you know about time.
Follow the Data. Expose the Design.
Smoke Screen is the untold inside story of how a dedicated team of Caligornia regulators, engineers, and scientists uncovered the world’s biggest automotive deception. When Volkswagen’s “clean diesel” promise began to crumble, these public servants faced immense corporate pressure and political headwinds. Against all odds, they followed the data, exposed the lie, and ignited a global reckoning that forever changed the fight for clean air and corporate accountability.
Coming May 2026!
The Cipherlock Principle
At Cipherlock™ Press, we believe every mystery — whether written in data or in dreams — can be solved through pattern recognition.
Our mission is to publish the thinkers, investigators, and storytellers who treat imagination like evidence and evidence like story.
Because discovery isn’t limited to the lab or the page — it happens wherever curiosity dares to look.