NMLP P-041162 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Cipher

Kathe Koja · Dell / Abyss, New York · 1991

This was the author's first book and the inaugural title of Dell's Abyss line, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel (shared with Melanie Tem's Prodigal) and a Locus Award

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-041162 for "The Cipher" by Kathe Koja (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-041162, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).