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The Lion's Game
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The Lion's Game

Written by Nelson DeMille

Narrated by Boyd Gaines

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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Detective John Corey, last seen in Plum Island, now faces his toughest assignment yet: the pursuit and capture of the world's most dangerous terrorist -- a young Arab known as "The Lion" who has baffled a federal task force and shows no sign of stopping in his quest for revenge against the American pilots who bombed Libya and killed his family. Filled with unrelenting suspense and surprising plot twists at every terrifying turn, THE LION'S GAME is a heartstopping race against time and one of Nelson DeMille's most riveting thrillers.
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Release dateNov 1, 2005
ISBN9781594834783
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Nelson DeMille

Nelson DeMille is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-two novels, seven of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers. His novels include The Maze, The Deserter (written with Alex DeMille), The Cuban Affair, Word of Honor, Plum Island, The Charm School, The Gold Coast, and The General’s Daughter, which was made into a major motion picture, starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe. He has written short stories, book reviews, and articles for magazines and newspapers. Nelson DeMille is a combat-decorated US Army veteran, a member of Mensa, Poets & Writers, and the Authors Guild, and past president of the Mystery Writers of America. He is also a member of the International Thriller Writers, who honored him as 2015 ThrillerMaster of the Year. He lives on Long Island with his family.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Synopsis: A Libyan defector turns out to be a terrorist. He is being chased by a NYC cop, the CIA, FBI, Homeland and the military. The reason behind his actions seems to be revenge since he is targeting the people who bombed his town. He is also out to assassinate the former president.Review: Way too many words for such a short story.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    excellent thriller.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I found I enjoyed the first book in the series more.
    John Corey, an ex-cop, is now the member of an FBI task force who is trying to track down a terrorist.
    I found the action sporadic and there seemed to be too many meetings with very little happening (except for all the scenes with the terrorist, who is seemingly unstoppable), though I suppose that's probably very true to life. John's wise cracking, while entertaining at first, gets a bit tiresome.
    Probably a 2.5 star book for me.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    What sorted out this thriller from others of its heft is the dedication of the author to assiduously make every sentence count. Where I used to peg stuff as filler, I counted now as suspense. The most unexpected part was the end. The last chapter negated all the expectations I had regarding who would live and die. I don't want to spoil, so let us say that such and such gal doesn't die even after the hero proposes something to her. One thing I noticed was that when Arabic or Latin words were cited and quoted, they were in italics, but French words were not. It looks like not only the English but also Americans have inculcated French words into their dictionary. There were some untruths which made this novel simpler if not naive. E.g moss doesn't grow the northern side of trees. Also, shooting a bullet through an empty plastic bottle doesn't a silencer make. Hell, even real silencers aren't sound proof. I was glad about the fate of Boris. The hero's dubious sense of humor was welcome. I don't mind wise cracking. I wonder why others do. The writing style of the author is ascetic. I am almost sure that this effect is not a side effect but a deliberate choice. Despite lingering on the sex scenes, no details were forthcoming. This book has renewed my interest in thrillers and in this very series. The four stars I give this book are gladly given. Time to move on and keep experimenting with new genres. Bye.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5

    The remarkable aspect of this book, aside from its quite inaccessible cast of characters, is that, as a pre-911 book, it points out where the prevailing thinking about terrorist attack on mainland America was off, and where it was presciently right on. First, the assumption in this book is that the attack would be by a solo daredevil, not the puppet-master running a cabal of Saudi and Egyptian dissidents that binLaden was; second, that it would arise from well-known terrorist supporters as Libya's Gaddafi, not an erstwhile unknown Saudi millionaire, and, that the attack would be on specific revenge targets, such as Ronald Reagan in this book, when the eventual 9/11 target was a generic American public who could be counted on to feel the terror most. On the other hand, the book got the concept of an airplane attack, as a further development of the Lockerbie attack, on the money.

    Other than this, there is not much to say about this book. It does romanticize the terrorist to the level of the Jackal mystique - invincible, ruthless and smarter than any of his hunters - making him a stark contrast to the wise-cracking-to-the-point-annoyance character of NYPD cop John Corey. Demille may have been trying to paint the terrorist as a more likeable character than that of Corey. Perhaps, post-9/11 this no longer a PC approach. Not to those who are just six degrees of separation from victims of the fateful and real attack.

    Based on this performance, I'm not sure if I'd read another book in this series or from this author. But something may change my mind later ...

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    25 1/2 hours of listening time....... A crime thriller that gives an "inside the head" look at a Muslim terrorist view of the world. The main character, John Corey, is an ex-NYPD cop that has particular talents that have been inducted into the ATTF, (Anti-Terrorist Task Force) Refreshingly not PC, it takes place just prior to 9-eleven but after the Trade Center bombing, that was not successful, in 1993. It appears we, as a nation, learned nothing about fanatics. The opening of this story is gripping with an usual terriorist attack that takes place on a plane that peacefully lands itself. This is an exciting drama which switches back and forth between the omniscient view of Asad Khalil, the Libyan terrorist, and the 1st person point of view of John Corey, the cop. This story has intrigue, romance, suspense, humor etc. Even though it was written pre-911, it is still relevant. The narrator is a pleasure to listen to. He does not use different voices to depict the characters, he uses cadence for characterization
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille is past scary. It's horrifying. It was written pre-9/11 and is about a Libyan terrorist who is in the USA, killing all the pilots and weapon systems officers, after having killed one of them in England, who took part in the Libyan bombing of April 15, 1986. It all rings much too true, especially considering the events in Libya in the past year or so. I'm reading it, now, and am over half way through. It's one of those books you think about, even when you aren't reading it. Disclaimer: In case it gives you nightmares, you've been warned.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    This guy never fails to excite me. Another thrilling story in the life of John Corey
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This si the 11th DeMille novel I've read. It starts out with great excitement as an airliner lands at JFK airport with all on board apparenly dead. Asad, a Libyan whose mother and siblings were killed in the Reagan-ordered Libyan air raid of Apr 15, 1986, undertakes to kill the men who were on that raid. The account is highly exciting, though disturbing because he is so successful. John Corey, an ex-NY cop, is with the Feds, trying to solve the crime. He is working with Kate Mayfield of the FBI but they quickly take up fornicating. The book is marred by undeleted expletives, totally unnecessary to the story line. The book eventually peters out to almost farce. Not DeMille's best book, by any means.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I read this one ages - it's the first John Corey book about The Lion (a 'Radical' Muslim intent on exacting revenge on particular Americans). An excellent book - and one that sets the stage nicely for the latest DeMille thriller, The Lion.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is the first novel of Nelson Demille that I have read. At first, I thought the book was boring and I had a hard time finishing the first part of the book. But I have proven myself wrong. As I continue reading, I gotten myself hook on the book. It has a lot of element of surprise. This is one my favorite book.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    John Cory is no longer with the NYPD but works for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force in Washington. A flight carrying a Libyan defector lands in New York but everyone on board is dead. Asad Khalil has a list of people to kill and a host of compatriots stateside to lend him a helping hand. As the body count increases, John and FBI agent Kate Mayfield try to figure out Khalil's end game before he finishes his mission and escapes out of the country. Cory, as usual, is hilariously smart-mouthed and somehow, amid all the ruckus, finds time to get romantically involved with Kate. Although a little long (close to 700 pages) it is still another entertaining chapter in the Cory series.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This is one of those books that I know I've read, but each time I read the description it doesn't sound familiar. Then I read the first few lines and it begins to be familiar and I think I liked it, but is that just because I've read the beginning a few times before, trying to remember if I'd read it?
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book is a pseudo-sequel to Demille's Plum island. John Corey has moved on to an anti-terror organization called the ATTF. He still has his smart-ass personality which makes the book entertaining to read and have great narrative. In both this book and in Plum Island, I felt as though the last 100 pages should have been completely different. This is a long book (~1000 pages) and the ending is totally disappointing. I understand that Demille may want to do something differently than the usual ending, but the book really doesn't have much of a conclusion. That was frustrating after such a long book to not have a conclusive ending. The plot and narrative were excellent, but in the end it didn't create much of an ending. I still recommend it though.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Just about done. Excellent , riveting, fascinating, keeps you turning the pages kind of book. The horrible terrorist is on the move and John Corey and his partner are pulling all the shots to find him. Great thriller , highly recommend.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Well, to take the Ebert approach, in which one judges each work on what it tries to achieve, then this is a full-on 5 star book, and that's what I'm rating it. OK, it's not great literature, but it doesn't try to be, and that's ok. This was one of the best reads I've ever had. I almost literally couldn't put it down. I was guessing to the end, and the characters were fairly believable. Granted this is a subject about which I know little, so a more knowledgeable reader might quibble with its verisimilitude, but as far as I'm concerned, it convinced me. Sometimes ignorance is bliss, know what I mean?
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Hands down DeMille's best thriller. John Corey is at his best and Asad Khalil is a frighting terrorist that serves as the perfect foil. A good chunk of the novel is written through the perspective of Khalil, and DeMille nailed the creepiness of the fundamentalist side of Khalil's viewpoints with frightening accuracy. All the more interesting that the book was written before Sept 11th. It's a thick read but it seems to fly by, and there is a nice twist at the end you don't see coming. Although I'll avoid giving out spoilers, I especially enjoyed the way the book ended.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Amazing book written before 9/11 and very relevant. DeMille writes with wit and knowledge and shows that there are two very human sides to our terrorism problems. I lent this book to my 16 year old son who seems to be pathologically allergic to books and he not only read it from cover to cover and laughed in some places, but we had long discussions over the plot and current events.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Great story, again good stlye of writting.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Another abridged Scribd offering not describe that way. I always cross check other sources to avoid versions that cut out half the work.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Great author, great book, strong characters and plot. Loved it.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Excellent story and narration. Many problems throughout audiobook with garbled replay.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I was not familiar with DeMille’s writing (gross oversight) but downloaded The Lion’s Game and have been listening while mowing, showering, driving, doing the dishes, etc. It’s a real pageturner, so to speak. But what makes it really fun is
    its wisecracking hero, John Corey, and the very talented,
    low-key reader, Scott Brick. Corey has all these great lines I wish I had thought of. Stepping up to the airline ticket counter, he is asked, “Do you have a reservation?” “Lots of them,” he replies, “especially about taking this flight.” The agent is not amused. Arriving late at the gate, Corey boards
    the plane and is told to take any seat, as they are
    leaving in a hurry. “How about that gentleman’s,” he asks. “An empty seat is the flight attendant’s reply.” And you should hear his off-color, politically incorrect remarks during the FBI briefings. Hysterical.

    But I get ahead of myself. Corey, recently recovered from being shot while working as a detective for the NYPD, has been assigned to the FBI and its anti-terrorist investigatory unit. His first assignment is to help pick up a defecting Libyan agent. The first clue that something is wrong is
    when the tower receives no radio contact from the fully loaded 747, which then proceeds to land without using its reverse thrusters after a near-miss on final approach. The emergency squad finds everyone on the plane dead but one, the novel’s evil assassin, Asad Khalil, who kills the first squad member and easily slips off the plane dressed as a baggage handler in the confusion at the security area where the plane had been towed. Asad (Arabic for “lion”) proceeds to travel
    throughout the United States methodically killing all the pilots who had participated in the raid against Moammar Gadhafi’s residence and buildings on April 15, 1986, in which Asad’s family had been killed. Asad is brilliant and fearless, careful to erase all traces of his passage, eliminating even fellow Libyans who help him. The
    FBI, CIA and ATTF (Anti-Terrorist Task Force) are clueless as to motive and his whereabouts.

    The clues begin to accumulate and finally Corey begins to put the pieces of the puzzle together. As is not atypical for spy novels, there are conflicting motives on the part of the agencies, and we learn that the CIA has its own plans for
    Asad. In the end, none of them is smart enough for Asad, and I suspect he may surface in a later novel with John Corey.
    Too bad the FBI and CIA didn’t read this book before September 11. Perhaps they might have been less clueless.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A jumbo jet lands at JFK showing erratic behavior. It doesn't respond to any contact from air traffic control and is not flying in a normal manner. When airport police board the plane, they find that all of the passengers are dead, including the flight crew. One of the passengers on the flight was supposed to be a Mid-eastern terrorist who is trying to make a deal with the US government. All this happens at the start of the book and the plot just takes off from there. Nothing makes the miles go by faster than a Nelson DeMille thriller read by Scott Brick!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I was skeptical at first about this book even though I love DeMille's John Corey series. I didn't think I wanted to read anymore war and mayhem, but was pleasantly surprised with how quick this book read. It is funny, exciting, and thought provoking. But I won't say more since virtually everything else would spoil the many surprises in the book.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    excellent story with John Corey as the detective and a libyan terrorist who is on a mission.