Blood Rules [Paperback]

John Trenhaile (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1993

En route to Sydney, Colin Raleigh and his son, Robbie, find their plane hijacked by a group of Shiite Muslims, led by none other than Robbie's mother and Colin's ex-wife, Leila Hanif. Reprint. PW. LJ. AB. K.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In a new twist on the airline hijacking plot, Trenhaile ( Krysalis ) spins a story of a terrorist mother. In 1984, two years after Leila Hanif deserted them upon being revealed as an undercover operative, Colin Raleigh and his 14-year-old son, Robbie, are bound for Australia when Shia Muslims seize the aircraft and force its pilot to land in the isolated Yemen desert. The mingling of Leila's personal motivations with the Shias' political goal of exchanging the plane's passengers for six Iraqi-held Iranians make her something of a loose cannon. Also on board is a Mossad agent bent on revenge against Leila, whose first terrorist act caused his young daughter's death and his wife's subsequent suicide. The fate of all may rest on the efforts of Leila's grandmother, Celestine, long an opponent of her family's terrorist activities. Against the larger issues of parents and children and the sacrificing of one for the other remains the question of who will live and who will die in the desert. Readers may be surprised and shocked by the answer.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

Oxford law professor Colin Raleigh is traveling with his 14-year-old son Robbie to Australia, where he is to be a guest lecturer. When their airplane is hijacked by Shi'ite terrorists and lands in the South Yemen desert, Colin is beside himself. Is this mere coincidence, or is his estranged wife somehow involved? As Colin struggles to maintain perspective, his story unfolds in a series of flashbacks--his love for and marriage to Leila Hanif, a Lebanese woman whose powerful family is synonymous with terrorism, and her abandonment of husband and child two years ago. When Robbie discovers his mother on board the aircraft, Colin strives to keep the shocking truth from his bewildered child. Unbeknownst to Leila, members of the Israeli Mossad are also aboard, and events rapidly develop into a quest to possess a boy and avenge an old injury. This is a taut page-turner in the best Trenhaile tradition and is recommended for most fiction collections.
- Maria A. Perez-Stable, Western Michigan Univ. Libs., Kalamazoo
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Harpercollins (Mm) (September 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061090875
• ISBN-13: 978-0061090875
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,728,543 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars gripping, March 19, 2000

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bernd huss (Auckland, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood Rules (Paperback)

I found blood rules absolutely gripping. The description of events on the hijacked plane give you a fair idea, what it would be like to be one of the passangers on board

5.0 out of 5 stars gripping, March 19, 2000

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bernd huss (Auckland, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood Rules (Paperback)

I found blood rules absolutely gripping. The description of events on the hijacked plane give you a fair idea, what it would be like to be one of the passangers on board