By the Rivers of Babylon

by Nelson DeMille

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455581955
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	09/29/2015
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	624
Sales rank:	424,014
Product dimensions:	4.20(w) x 7.50(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Nelson DeMille is a former U.S. Army lieutenant who served in Vietnam and is the author of nineteen acclaimed novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Night Fall, Plum Island, The Gate House, The Lion, The Panther and Radiant Angel. His other New York Times bestsellers include The Charm School, Word of Honor, The Gold Coast, Spencerville, The Lion's Game, Up Country, Wild Fire, and The General's Daughter, the last of which was a major motion picture. For more information, you can visit NelsonDeMille.net.

Hometown:

Long Island, New York

Date of Birth:

August 22, 1943

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Education:

B.A. in political science, Hofstra University, 1974

Website:

http://www.nelsondemille.net/

Editorial Reviews

Scott Brick recedes gently into the background as he brings DeMille’s masterpiece to life. This epic spans not only the present-day Arab/Israel conflict, but looks back 2,500 years through the same lens. Ride along on a pair of Israeli Concorde jets, formerly bound for a peace talk and now hijacked, and move to the edge of your seat as this excellent audio rendering brings alive the many voices--Israeli, Palestinian, French, and Jewish-American. This is a fast-paced story with many characters. Only a real voice talent could keep up with both the action and the accents. If you’re old enough to remember Entebbe, Uganda, in 1976, you’ll especially appreciate this action-drama history lesson. M.C. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine

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