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Name: Cipher, The
Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Kathe Koja

Nicholas, a video‑store clerk and would‑be poet, discovers a black hole in a storage room. The strange walled void begins to drain him—physically, mentally, and emotionally—and leads him into a descent into terror. The novel follows his gradual loss as the hole’s influence deepens.

First publish date: January 5, 1991

Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction

Authors: Kathe Koja

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