Cicada: Genesis

By Ariel Lilli Cohen

He is a Muslim Arab boy. She is an Israeli Jewish girl. A man, a woman. The fruit of their love.
New York. This time the dealer mishandled the cards. Their stories and their dreams crash against the bare and raw reality that upsets their lives.

The origins and the genesis and the childhood of one of the characters of the new novel Israel Jihad in Jersulaem.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ariel Lilli Cohen
• Release date: May 26, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463709528

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CICADA

Genesis

A novel by Ariel Lilli Cohen

Copyright © 2018 Ariel Lilli Cohen

All rights reserved. The reproduction in any form and the distribution with any means of any part of this book is not permitted without prior written authorization: www.ariellillicohen.co.il   www.ariellillicohen.com [e-mail]

Author’s note: the book is fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are a product of the author’s imagination. The names of nations, politicians, and public figures present in the book are used as suggestion and do not represent neither their thoughts, nor real actions performed by the politicians or the nations. The names of the public places and the cities are often used for atmospheric purpose and do not have any association with real facts or expressed thoughts. The model portrayed in the cover picture is not to be associated with the likeness of the author. Any resemblance to real people, alive or not, companies, events, institutions or locales is completely coincidental.

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Cicada - Genesis

Taken from the original series

Israel Jihad

Index

Dedication

Preface

Chapter 1      Childhood

Chapter 2      Adolescence

Chapter 3      The Awareness

Chapter 4      The Metamorphosis

Chapter 5      The Hypogeum of the Ego

Chapter 6      The Chrysalis and the Butterflies

Chapter 7      Bitcoin and CriptoLira

Chapter 8      Extra Omnes

Chapter 9      Cicada

Chapter 10     Code breaker Challenge

Chapter 11     Exit Strategy

Epilogue

Ariel Lilli

Dedication

"This is the best of all the possible worlds."

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

Preface

"Cicadas, sisters, in the sun, with you I hide; in the thick of the poplars; and wait for the stars."

A man leaves the house. This morning, New York is beautiful. The sky has swept away all the clouds of the past days. Last week's storm and rain have left their taste in the atmosphere. The wind that is channelled down the streets brings a trace of late summer back to the air. It's the light breeze blowing. The time of year when winter shyly overlooks autumn in the Big Apple. The foliage of Central Park trees begins to turn orange. The first leaves fall silently to the ground. The summer that just ended was more sultry than usual with its unexpected storms. The man is greeting his wife. Then he bends over her and kisses her on the stomach. Only a few weeks are left, then the fruit of their love will give their lives a new meaning.

He will be her father.

Her hero.

In any case, it is because of his wife that they can afford to live within a stone's throw of the center. Thanks to her scholarship, they have rented a two-room apartment overlooking the park. A few meters from the most famous streets, where the lights shine twenty-four hours a day. He is of humble origins. They are located between the rich shop windows in the strategic heart that moves the economy of the world.

On the other hand, the wife’s mind is special. She was always the first to answer during her university classes.

First rank in all aptitude tests - a special gift that she has been able to cultivate. She must have inherited that gift from her parents, thought the man who had just closed the front door behind him.

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A woman. His wife, a future mother is in the kitchen. She has just prepared breakfast for her husband. Every morning she sets her alarm clock to twenty minutes earlier than his. He is keen, despite the marriage, to not lose those habits that have always made them feel good. He also didn’t want her pregnancy to to be an obstacle neither to her daily routine, nor to their relationship.

Mexican cheese toast and orange juice are already on the table. Back when they were just two students at Yale, they would meet in the large mansion on the campus every morning. That's where their first glances at each other began. Then, he made the first move. I’ve noticed that we attend the same course. Would you lend me your notes? The excuse he had found to take a seat next to her was not that original. It took him a semester to summon up his courage to speak to her, but that bashfulness persistently struck him. He is so dark in skin, but so clear in the soul