Forever changed dedication
/In each of my political techno-thrillers, I use a different form of cypher for the dedication. Given the world war 2 theme in Forever Changed, I decided to use an online enigma machine. You can find the enigma machine here.
The enigma machine was ground-breaking for its time. It was an electromechanical device that used three rotors and a series of plugs to encode messages. The brilliance of the device was that the letter L in the same message could be represented by multiple letters. So the word “ALL” could come out as “EQA”. The combination of the rotors and plug boards meant that there were 150 million million (no, that is not a typo, it is million twice) possible combinations.
So who did I dedicate my novel to? The solution is as follows:
thisb ookis dedic atedt ojama lkhas hoggi whose fearl essjo urnal ismco sthim hisli fehel ivedt heexa mpleo fwhat ajour nalis tshou ldber eport witho utfea r
Reformatted it reads: This book is dedicated to Jamal Khashoggi, whose fearless journalism cost him his life. He lived the example of what a journalist should be: report without fear.