Notes from the Grey Tower

Mathematics is the domain of geniuses. Only freaks who find no further satisfaction in it dare to venture into the realm of cryptography.

Some claim it was cryptographers who secured victory in the Second World War. Eccentrics among geniuses, they intercepted and deciphered enemy communications, grasping the fragile throat of the Na*i war machine. They toiled in obscurity, hidden from public view, serving under Britain’s MI6—specifically, the Government Code and Cypher School.

Pursuing a romantic interest is one thing, Alan Caster, but following someone all the way to MI6’s Government Code and Cypher School? That’s hardly a wise move. And setting your sights on the supreme head of British intelligence, Garcia? That’s even worse. Winning him over, only to discard him afterward? That’s the worst thing you could’ve done.

Note: Alan Caster is the bottom; story is narrated in first-person