The Lion
Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99 (448p) ISBN 978-0-446-58083-0
Asad Khalil (aka "The Lion"), the ruthless Libyan terrorist who menaced ex-NYPD cop John Corey in The Lion's Game (2000), returns to the U.S. 18 months after 9/11, bent on finishing old business in DeMille's fast-paced fifth John Corey thriller (after Wild Fire). In Los Angeles, Khalil dispatches the last of the eight American pilots who dropped the bombs that killed Khalil's family in the historic 1986 raid on Tripoli. In New York City, a daring encounter with Corey, a member of the federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force, and Corey's FBI agent wife, Kate Mayfield, who's also a member of the ATTF, sets the stage for the mano a mano struggle both Corey and Khalil crave. DeMille splices gripping action scenes with accounts of Khalil's horrifically inventive attacks and the ATTF's futile countermeasures. While Corey isn't much more appealing than his foe, those who enjoy starkly black-and-white battles between good and evil will be satisfied. (June)
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Reviewed on: 05/10/2010
Genre: Fiction
Analog Audio Cassette - 978-1-4450-0744-1
Compact Disc - 978-1-5491-8315-7
Compact Disc - 978-1-4450-0745-8
Compact Disc - 14 pages - 978-1-60788-220-6
Hardcover - 437 pages - 978-1-84744-145-4
Hardcover - 598 pages - 978-0-446-56693-3
MP3 CD - 978-1-4450-0746-5
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Open Ebook - 297 pages - 978-1-60941-612-6
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Open Ebook - 978-0-446-57220-0
Paperback - 464 pages - 978-1-4555-8181-8
Paperback - 481 pages - 978-0-7515-3883-0
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