The Cypher Puzzle Book

By O.M. Guiliano

The Cypher Puzzle Book is a unique idea in the genre of puzzle books. Part 1 consists of two stories about a spaceship called Ghost, and its crew, that has an interplanetary mission of dumping inhabited planet waste into the atmosphere of Venus. The embedded text translates into lyrics of songs. In future works, the Ghost adventures will continue as the underlying text varies.

Part 2 is a poem within a poem. As a level 3 puzzle, the embedded poem is a bit harder to decipherbut hopefully enjoyable and thought provoking. Part 2 of future work will be a level 2 or level 3 puzzle of varying topics. In Metamorphosis, we have a surface poem that is metaphysical as well as historical. The embedded poem is about a monarch butterfly.

The answers to these puzzles will be provided in the next edition.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 12, 2014
• ISBN: 9781503518810

O.M. Guiliano

The author retired a lieutenant colonel from the United States Air Force in 2007. His military career spanned nearly two and a half decades as a pilot and staff officer. Tom also retired as executive officer from the Kenjya Group Inc., where he served as the vice president of finance until his retirement in January 2014. He is currently devoted to writing full-time. He is credited with an original idea concerning first digits of the Fibonacci sequence, termed the “Tojaaldi Sequence.” He resides in Ashburn, Virginia.

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Copyright © 2014 by Thomas J. Barrale / O.M. Guiliano.

Interior images by sonder3 and Don McCullough.

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Rev. date: 11/25/2014

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION TO CYPHER PUZZLES

PART 1: GHOST

PART 2: METAMORPHOSIS

This book is

dedicated to my deceased father, Frank Barrale, my mother Madeline Barrale, my three children TJ, Jared and Ally, and all people that come together for the love of puzzles – may this book not disappoint.

Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank Dr. James W. Jones, Distinguished Professor, Psychology of Religion, Rutgers University for teaching me how to think (RU 82). I would also like to thank a brave individual for the inspiration to do cypher puzzles.

Introduction to Cypher Puzzles

The cypher puzzle is a unique way to enjoy reading as well as tasking the mind to uncover hidden layers of text. There are variations to the