The Cipher of House Sterling
By @john1208
Janek Czernin lives a quiet life, his greatest joy found in the meticulous work of restoring forgotten treasures. His world is shattered by a posthumous delivery from the grandmother he never knew: a strange, intricate astrolabe that fuses with his nervous system. The device awakens the Sterling Cipher, a latent power that allows him to see the hidden data and stress points in everything from technology to human bodies. He is no longer Janek the restorer; he is the sole heir to the Sterling Conglomerate, a trillion-dollar empire hidden from him for his own safety. Plunged into a nest of vipers, his own relatives see him as an obstacle to be eliminated. Guided by a loyal family retainer and accompanied by a bio-luminescent fox he rescued, Janek must navigate a world of corporate espionage and deadly ambition. His kind nature is his greatest weakness, but to survive and protect the legacy his grandmother envisioned, can he master his incredible power and become the cold, calculating predator his family fears?
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