The Voynich Key: An Archaeological Thriller about Lost Civilizations, Secret Codes, and a Hidden War for the Future of Humanity (Jones Files Book 1)

A pulse-pounding archaeological thriller where ancient secrets meet AI technology in a deadly race against time.

When brilliant linguist and rogue AI architect Zara Moreno cracks the first phrase of the Voynich Manuscript—the world’s most enigmatic 600-year-old codex—she doesn’t just decode words.

She triggers an ancient protocol.

Now hunted by the Veridian Seed, a shadow organization with centuries-old roots, Zara flees with the only copy of an AI program that could unlock humanity’s greatest mystery. Her unlikely partner: Abner “Jones” Winslow, a disgraced archaeologist whose family legacy holds pieces of the same impossible puzzle.

From hidden sanctuaries to Nazi treasure vaults, from cutting-edge laboratories to forgotten Jewish catacombs beneath Prague, Jones and Zara must decode a conspiracy that spans millennia. Each revelation rewrites the story of human civilization, lost technologies, and the manuscript’s true purpose—before those who’ve guarded its secrets for generations silence them forever.

Because the Voynich Manuscript was never meant to preserve knowledge.

It was designed to summon something back.

And after six centuries of waiting, someone has finally learned how to read the instructions.

For readers who devour Dan Brown, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, and James Rollins, The Voynich Key fuses historical conspiracy, cryptographic puzzles, and artificial intelligence into an electrifying thriller where cutting-edge technology unlocks humanity’s most dangerous secret.

Ancient mysteries. Modern AI. One manuscript that could change everything—or destroy it.