A message that should never have been sent.
Astrid Voss hides eighteen metres of punched tape inside an aerial plinth. What looks like routine weather traffic carries the future of an entire continent.
1943 2026 A World War II codebreaking thriller by C. Trojan
THE NULL ARCHIVE
71°18′42″ N
23°39′07″ W17.10.1943
22:00 UTC
23°39′07″ W17.10.1943
22:00 UTC
The past is not over. It is still encrypted.
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01 / Two timelines. One secret.
What begins in the ice does not end there.
In 1943, a punched tape disappears in Greenland. In 2026, architect Liv Voss finds a dead man in a Berlin technical archive. A historical thriller about the Lorenz cipher, World War II espionage and a secret that reaches into the digital present.
1943
EAST GREENLAND
2026
BERLIN
02 / The official book trailer
One signal. No safe truth.
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03 / Free reading & audio samples
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Read the prologue of The Null Archive or listen to the story unfold. German and English – the choice is yours.
C. TROJAN / ENSample language
East Greenland, 17 October 1943
Ice Without Witnesses
Astrid Voss knew the ice had heard her.
Not metaphorically. Beneath her left boot, the ice had made a short, bright sound, almost like the strike of a typewriter key. A vein of tension ran through the frozen bay, leapt from crack to crack and vanished into the wind. Five men turned their heads. The sixth, Chief Radio Operator Rehbein, sat in the timber hut before his transmitter and heard nothing but the hiss in his headphones.
04 / The trail
Every place holds something back.
Trace the story from the radio war into the present.
1943 · Weather station
The ice is not silent.
Every movement leaves a mark in the snow. Beneath a steel plate, a message disappears – one that could survive for decades.
Intercepted transmission
Beneath the noise, there is a message.
TRANSMISSION / K–022:00 UTC
1943 / 10 / 17
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Questions about The Null Archive
What is The Null Archive about?
The Null Archive is a historical techno-thriller by C. Trojan. Its fictional story connects Greenland and the radio war of 1943 with architect Liv Voss in Berlin in 2026. The Lorenz cipher, espionage and the ownership of stored truth are central to the novel.
Is there a German edition?
Yes. The German edition is titled Das Nullarchiv. Both language editions are linked as e-books and paperbacks; listening options are listed with the providers for each edition.
Which reading and audio samples are available?
You can read the prologue in English or German and play audio samples in both languages on this page. The German sample PDF contains the prologue and the first two chapters. English and German press kits are also available as PDFs.
How were the cover, translation and audiobooks created?
The German edition's cover was generated with AI. The English translation was created with AI. The audiobooks were produced with ElevenLabs. ElevenReader lists the German edition as a recorded audiobook and the English edition as an eBook with Audio; these are distinct editions.
