Atmospheric scene of an ancient stone chamber at dusk — a manuscript open on a table beside an oil lamp, scrolls and a leather journal nearby, with a Mediterranean coastal city visible through a carved archway at sunset. The author name D.A. PRYCE rendered in gold serif type on the right.

The Alexandria Cypher

Book One of The Apocrypha Trilogy
Some secrets were buried to protect the world. Others were buried to control it. When Ava Calloway traces a fragment connected to Mary Magdalene, she steps into a conspiracy two thousand years old.
Released May 18, 2026
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PROLOGUE - The Tunnel
Alexandria, Egypt - Three Years Earlier
The discoloration was barely visible. A faint change in the limestone where the tunnel curved, the kind of mark that twenty-five years of fieldwork had trained James Calloway to see.
He pressed his fingers against it. Cool. Rough. Except for one small area that felt smooth in a way nature never could produce. Human hands had shaped the stone, carved with a precision that spoke of first-century masonry. Whoever had created this hiding place understood that secrets, to survive, must hide in plain sight.
"There's something here," he whispered.
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Hi, I'm D.A. Pryce



In my own words...

I write archaeological thrillers grounded in real history and the dangerous human politics of who controls what we know about the past.
The debut series, The Apocrypha Trilogy, follows Ava Calloway across continents as she traces fragments of an artifact connected to Mary Magdalene as she is hunted by a shadowy preservation council, Vatican operatives, and people she once trusted. 
The Apocrypha Trilogy is only the beginning. 
My universes are built to expand: new protagonists, new conspiracies, new organizations, and new corners of hidden history where powerful institutions will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.
If you enjoy the atmospheric historical suspense of Kate Mosse and the high-stakes conspiracy thrillers of Brad Metltzer, you will love this debut series. 

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