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Over the past couple of months I have been traveling the road of several different authors. I have been picking my favourite authors and endeavoring to complete their entire works in chronological order. Some would say that this is a waste of time, however there is nothing that I love more than getting lost of a good book. So far I have completed the journey's of Michael Connelly, JK Rowling and Harlan Coben. Each were wonderful, enticing and thrilling in their own right. So tonight I set myself the task of choosing my next author. Who did I choose? ....... Nelson Demille The first book in this journey - 'By the Rivers of Babylon' I had not even reached the first page and this quote has completely thrown me. It makes me realise that this book will not be a light one. I got shivers reading this quote; thinking that this book was published in 1979 (before I was born) and may very well still be entirely relevant in today's society. 'Our struggle has barely begun. The worst is yet to come. And it is right for Europe and America to be warned now that there will be no peace . . . The prospect of triggering a third world war doesn't bother us. The world has been using us and has forgotten us. It is time they realized we exist. Whatever the price, we will continue the struggle. Without our consent, the other Arabs can do nothing. And we will never agree to a peaceful settlement. We are the joker in the pack' - Dr George Habash, Leader, The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) (excerpt from By the Rivers of Babylon, Nelson Demille) See you on the other side of 460 pages.
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