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Title: By the Rivers of Babylon by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0-446-35859-2 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1990 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.41 (39 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Love, War, History--Another Demille Thriller
Comment: Nelson Demille consistently surprises me with his research, knowledge and laser paced action in his books. He just has a way of drawing me in to his characters with their transitional dialouge. I want to know them, care about them, and of course despise horrific villains. And as for action adventures, well, let's just say he moves a plot around like a Chinese acrobat with an inner ear problem!
In "By The Rivers of Babylon", we meet an extensive group of characters who begin a journey of peace for the Middleast. Two Concordes take off from Lod airport. A mysterious Lear jet invades their flying space. Not known to the pilots and passengers is the fact that a rebel Palestinian guerilla, Rish , has had bombs planted in the tails of each bird as they were being built a year before. Leading to an exciting kidnapping and forced landing.
What I enjoyed the most in this compelling book were the strategies of war. How different eras as well as nations handled nightime invasions for example. And how one must do anything to survive--anything. This seemed to be a pre-cursor to "The Lions Game" by DeMille. Similar themes, however, I was intrigued with the setting of Babylon. The history involved, the colorful descriptions of the Euphrates river, how Mesopatamia had been a glorious city and it's ironic downfall.
Highly recommended reading for the adventure lover.
Your interest & comment votes are appreciated--CDS
Rating: 5
Summary: An expected success from DeMille
Comment: I am currently on page 245 out of 422 in this book and I already think that it is wonderful. Just recently have I discovered Nelson DeMille and this is the fourth one of his novels I'm reading. He writes wonderful thrillers and this is no exception.
It begins with talks of a peace conference for the Israeli government in New York. But a terrorist has different ideas and hijacks the two Concordes on their way to New York and forces them to some ruins near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what was Babylon, once again placing Jews in Babylonian captivity. Now, this small band of politicians, delegates and a few security officers with mostly small handguns have to defend a hill(resembling Masada) against a highly trained group of heavily armed Arab terrorists.
Since I'm not totally done with this book, I can't really say anything else about it. In fact, I don't even know why I'm writing this right now. I am at(what I think is) the beginning of the climatic scene and big battle.
I suggest this book strongly and hope that you find it as thrilling as I am.
UPDATE: I finished the book long ago and have since read it four times. I suggest this book more strongly now than I ever have.
Rating: 5
Summary: So Much Time Has Passed and Yet . . .
Comment: I ran across this book while getting my house ready to sell. I saw that it had a 1975 copyright date and wondered if, while all that has gone on in the region since then, whether I would find it an interesting read. I believe it's timeless. If we don't delve more into the background of this conflict we'll never have an inkling of what it's about (even when we do so we may not!). At any rate it's a good book and I was riven by it
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Title: Cathedral by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0446358576 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Word of Honor by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0446301582 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Talbot Odyssey by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0446358584 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Charm School by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0446353205 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Spencerville by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0446602450 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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