Peace on Earth

Peace on Earth
Gordon Stevens

One of the very best thrillers of the last twenty years. Second novel by Stevens, now published as an ebook and still stunningly relevant to the Middle East conflict.The lives of three families converge: a Jewish family finally allowed out of Russia after years of persecution; a Palestinian family displaced by the Israelis from their ancestral home in Bethlehem; an English family from Hereford, home of the SAS: hostage, highjacker, rescuer – but who is really the villain, who is really the victim? A super novel of international intrigue and heartbreaking suspense.

GORDON STEVENS

Peace on Earth

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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First published in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd 1987

Copyright © Gordon Stevens 1987, 1997

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Source ISBN: 9780006473152

Ebook Edition © SEPTEMBER 2016 ISBN: 9780008219369

Version: 2016-11-03

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For Emily and Joe, who do not know.

And Souraya and Dyala, and the family

in the photograph, who do.

AUTHOR’S NOTE (#ulink_c3b9a502-b7d1-57a5-932d-fbbf1a607d0d)

Peace on Earth describes situations and events in the mid-1980s. Since then, some things have changed. The Soviet Union, for example, no longer exists.

Sadly, other things remain the same.

CONTENTS

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Title Page (#u24c581de-af21-5abf-95ce-ece7a15a2900)

Copyright (#ulink_df22a4f8-0f10-5633-9cbf-ffcede3bf2b0)

Dedication (#ulink_1875644c-930a-5138-9ca2-05a060554763)

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Prologue (#ulink_8bdacc68-9a8c-56f8-a202-a52a75e76b4d)

Book One (#ulink_0ee621bf-99fb-567f-abc4-1133f97ac709)

Book Two (#ulink_73c23553-06f5-523e-8089-dca7c349074d)

Chapter One (#ulink_3e4a6785-dc30-5d13-bf32-2051175c7a6b)

Chapter Two (#ulink_f1d8704e-a963-5b3a-9954-ee7a72a01f5b)

Chapter Three (#ulink_cb9db34c-4486-529a-8621-8d5bcff28a86)

Book Three (#ulink_64948cea-c180-59e4-8fbd-81d95043433d)

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Chapter Four (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Book Four (#litres_trial_promo)

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Book Five (#litres_trial_promo)

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