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The Cipher of Silences - A Language of Whispers - cover

The Cipher of Silences - A Language of Whispers

Adriana Bennett

Publisher: Publishdrive

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From the sterile hum of the United Nations to the jasmine-scented labyrinth of Karachi, Aaliya Shamsi, a UN interpreter fluent in six languages, feels adrift in a sea of words, belonging nowhere.  Then a telegram arrives, shattering the fragile peace of her world.  Her grandmother, Hana, has died, leaving a cryptic inheritance: notebooks filled with an unknown script, elegant as calligraphy, precise as mathematics—a language whispered from the depths of silence.Pulled by an invisible thread, Aaliya journeys to Karachi, a city that both embraces and overwhelms her. The whispers intensify—family secrets veiled in polite Urdu greetings, the unspoken grief in her aunt’s wary eyes.  The notebooks remain stubbornly unreadable until she enlists the help of Dr. Nicholas Jacobson, a brilliant but eccentric linguist, haunted by his own past failures. Their collaboration, a clash of logic and intuition, ignites a spark—not just of intellectual discovery but of unexpected connection.Hidden wartime letters reveal a poignant love story, whispered messages, and cryptic references to a “language of flowers,” a network of resistance hidden in plain sight.  The trail leads to Kyoto, where a local historian, ostracized for her controversial research, unveils a hidden world of poets, artists, and musicians who used Hana’s cipher to defy a brutal regime. But their quest attracts the attention of a shadowy figure, “The Archivist,” a collector of wartime secrets with a sinister agenda.In the sterile archives of the International Red Cross in Geneva, the final pieces of the puzzle click into place, revealing a devastating truth about Hana's coded messages—pleas for help that went tragically unanswered.  Unlocking the past, however, exacts a heavy price.  Painful family secrets surface, and the Archivist closes in, transforming Aaliya's quest into a desperate fight for survival. The language of whispers, once a symbol of love and resistance, becomes a weapon.Can Aaliya master the cipher in time to protect her family and expose the truth?  In a breathtaking climax, she confronts the Archivist, wielding the power of language—the weaponized silence of Hana’s cipher—to reveal his ancestor's crimes to the world.
Available since: 12/17/2024.
Print length: 190 pages.

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