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The Alexandria Cypher

A Sealed Chamber. A Hidden Fragment. A Truth They'll Kill to Protect.
Ava Calloway is already one of Yale's brightest young researchers — but nothing in her studies could prepare her for the discovery beneath Alexandria. A hidden chamber, untouched for centuries, holds a fragment tied to Mary Magdalene, a figure whose life has been rewritten, debated, and deliberately suppressed for two thousand years.
What Ava finds could shake the foundations of history itself. But some will do anything to ensure it never sees the light of day.
Drawn into a dangerous web of secrets is Marcus Visconti, heir to a lineage of scholars sworn to protect Christianity's most closely guarded truths. Together, Ava and Marcus unravel coded warnings, long-forgotten archives, and hidden manuscripts, racing across Egypt, Rome, Jerusalem, Istanbul, and Switzerland.
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The Alexandria Cypher

Book 1 of 3 - The Apocrypha Trilogy

Ava Calloway is already one of Yale’s brightest young researchers — but nothing in her studies could prepare her for the discovery beneath Alexandria. A hidden chamber, untouched for centuries, holds a fragment tied to Mary Magdalene, a figure whose life has been rewritten, debated, and deliberately suppressed for two thousand years.
What Ava finds could shake the foundations of history itself. But some will do anything to ensure it never sees the light of day.
Drawn into a dangerous web of secrets is Marcus Visconti, heir to a lineage of scholars sworn to protect Christianity’s most closely guarded truths. Together, Ava and Marcus unravel coded warnings, long-forgotten archives, and hidden manuscripts, racing across Egypt, Rome, and Switzerland. Every clue brings them closer to a revelation — and closer to those who would kill to control it.
The Alexandria Cypher is more than an academic puzzle. It’s a map. Evidence. A weapon. And the first piece in a larger mystery that spans millennia.

Re-Published May 2026!

The Characters

  • Ava Calloway - Seventeen-year-old Yale prodigy who discovers she carries a rare "keystone" bloodline capable of unlocking ancient secrets and coordinating global consciousness awakening among heritage families worldwide.
  • Marcus Visconti - Seventeen-year-old Italian exchange student whose Vatican family has secretly protected heritage bloodlines for sixteen generations, forcing him to choose between family loyalty and truth.
  • James Calloway - Ava's missing father and renowned archaeologist who has been working undercover in the Vatican Secret Archives for three years, gathering intelligence on global suppression operations while appearing to cooperate with his captors.
  • Dr. Eleanor Blackwood - A scholar working outside any institution, Eleanor operates from the shadows, reaching Ava through encrypted calls and careful letters, guiding her through a world she was never meant to enter alone.

The Plot

  • Seventeen-year-old Ava Calloway decodes her missing father's hidden journal and discovers she carries a bloodline connected to a two-thousand-year-old network of suppressed Christian knowledge.
  • Ancient chambers across the world open only for Ava, revealing a preservation network that has protected Mary Magdalene's scattered gospel since the first century.
  • Guardian families across continents emerge from decades of silence, each holding one piece of a truth the Church has spent two thousand years trying to erase.
  • With her father captured and Jerusalem's hidden chamber within reach, Ava must return to her Texas childhood home before the last piece of the puzzle disappears with it.

Re-Published May 2026!

Reviews

what people say

This is a heck of introduction to Ava and the Apocrypha Trilogy. It has an amazing mix of mystery, history and secrets. It is a well written YA historical fantasy that is easy to get lost in. I can't wait to read the next journey of the series.

KATHRYN P.

Spiritual Mystery of the Finest Order
Quite a remarkable story!


Maria P.

Ava’s journey is the kind of brave, brainy adventure I wish I had growing up—this book left me breathless and wanting more.

Sarah b.

I was immediately drawn into The Alexandria Cypher, the first book in The Apocrypha Trilogy. It’s a fast-paced, intelligent adventure that balances historical mystery with emotional depth. Ava Calloway, the protagonist, is refreshingly sharp and resourceful—her intellect drives the story in a way that feels both believable and empowering.
What stayed with me most was the way the book explores family. 

melissa c.

One of the items left for Ava is an unusual golden compass with symbols that she believes will help her find her father’s truth. And then, as Ava and her trusted friend Marcus would say “Holy shit!” Ava and Marcus use his connections to get to the Vatican, where the real adventure that could cause Ava’s death or change humanity forever begins. In the best tradition of Dan Brown, Kathleen MacGowan, Danielle Trussoni, and Katherine Neville, D.A. Wells creates believable secret organizations and spiritual truths that leave the reader questioning. 

louisa N.

I am a fan of archaeological mysteries and this book takes it to a new level easily giving Dan Brown a run for his money. Mysteries become unlocked at a 17-year-old prodigy works with old text and discovers the mysteries within. Ava tracks through her father‘s journal to discover hidden text. The text contain writings from Mary Magdalene and contain an awakening power within each text. This becomes a mad race to find the next scrap of the text before it is destroyed by those Invested in keeping the truth from the world. This is an absolutely fascinating, compelling, thought, provoking, storyline!

Myles c.

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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.

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