A terrifying campaign of violence has

begun. Bombings and killings throughout

Europe sound a warning that Abu Nabil, a

Palestinian terrorist, is about to make a

final demand. A hijacking will soon take

place--a hijacking that will force the

world to pay attention because the

terrorists are prepared to blow up the

plane and all the men, women, and

children on board. Nabil has the support

of two powerful men: Walid Haddad, the

ruthless killer who will make it happen,

and John Kenshaw-Taylor, the Foreign

Minister of England, who has agreed not

to stop it.

And then there are the innocents: A

Jewish family called Zubko--mother,

father, a small boy, and an even smaller

girl--have finally received their exit visas

from Russia, but they will be trapped on

the doomed plane. Helpless children

everywhere are caught in the crossfire of a

political war. In England, a mother hears

the tiny voice of a girl, speaking the words

of a Dylan Thomas poem in a silent plea: