By the Rivers of Babylon
Lod Airport, Israel: Two Concorde jets take off for a U.N. conference that will finally bring peace to the Middle East. Covered by F-14 fighters, accompanied by security men, the planes carry warriors, pacifists, lovers, enemies, dignitaries - and a bomb planted by a terrorist mastermind....
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Lod Airport, Israel: Two Concorde jets take off for a U.N. conference that will finally bring peace to the Middle East. Covered by F-14 fighters, accompanied by security men, the planes carry warriors, pacifists, lovers, enemies, dignitaries - and a bomb planted by a terrorist mastermind. Suddenly they're forced to crash-land at an ancient desert site. Here, with only a handful of weapons, the men and women of the peace mission must make a desperate stand against an army of crack Palestinian commandos - while the Israeli authorities desperately attempt a rescue mission. In a land of blood and tears, in a windswept place called Babylon, it will be a battle of bullets and courage, and a war to the last death.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781455501625 (145550162X)
Publish date: June 1st 2011
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pages no: 544
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Mystery,
War,
Drama,
Politics,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Suspense,
Terrorism
If one manages to get past the first 63 pages, a reasonably good book. BUT (being picky) just how many pilots would say sunset is at 6:18 most work on a 24 hour clock 18h18. The author appears to portray a veneer of Arabophobia through the novel.
They've spelled the title wrong. It should be By the Rivers of Babble On. DeMille is a smart and thorough guy, but damn, this is boring! I'd rather sit and watch my bananas ripen.
this was an earlier demille book, and maybe that's where it's possible to find halfway decent books of his. i had far fewer problems with this book than the ones of his that i've recently read. (my expectations were extremely low, of course.) i didn't love this book, by any means, but i give him ...