By the Rivers of Babylon

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By the Rivers of Babylon

First edition
Author	Nelson DeMille
Language	English
Genre	Thriller
Publisher	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Publication date	1978
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	391
ISBN	9780151152780
OCLC	3650663

By the Rivers of Babylon is a 1978 thriller novel by Nelson DeMille.

The plot focuses on two new Concorde jets that are flying to a U.N. meeting that will bring peace to the Middle East. However, en route to the meeting, the crews are advised by radio that bombs were hidden during the aircraft's manufacture, and they are forced on to an alternate route. One jet ignores warnings and is destroyed by remote control, and the other crash lands near the ruins of Babylon. Once crashed, the occupants of the jet must defend themselves against an army of Palestinian troops while the Israelis attempt to mount a rescue mission.