Rating: 
Summary: Entertaining thriller
Review: The danger is that the WTC incident will make publishers afraid of these kind of thrillers, I hope not because if they do, terrorism will have eroded yet another bit of our culture.
I'm English and started this book a month after the WTC incident and it was hard not to wince at how close to the truth this work of fiction was.
The lead character is a laid back smart arse but with strong cop's instinct. The 'lion' of the title is a cool and calculating terrorist and the author links two strands of story together until finally they meet.
It's quick moving, witty and intelligent. Having read this, I will be catching up on some of the author's other works as I suspect I have been missing something of value. Great stuff.
Rating: 
Summary: This is DeMille at the top of HIS game
Review: Nelson DeMille just keeps getting better. Plum Island was superb. The Lion's Game is better. You should not start this book on a day before you must go to work--lost sleep and lost work are high probabilities. You also should not read this book if your reaction to the horrors of 9/11 is to avoid the world of violence. The Lion's Game has lots of violence, lots of hatred and lots of the material we are now reading and hearing about the why of terrorism. DeMille tells it like it is. He has done his homework--he knows his history, geography, people and institutions, the equipment of death. He knows why Mideast terrorists hate us and he shows the reasons for that hate in a way that is vivid. He also knows why our intelligence community is so flawed and takes us behind closed doors to see those flaws. The Lion's Game plot is horrific; the protagonist and antagonist are in our face; the tension, excitement, yes, the thrill are spine-tingling. One of our reactions to 9/11 will be a national reticence to depict terrorism in movies, on TV and in books. I hope we can keep our perspective between what we value as Americans and what we use for escapist entertainment. I hope that Nelson DeMille gives us more of John Corey and Asad Khalil.
Rating:
Summary: GREAT READ!!!!!
Review: This was the first Demille book that I read. I used to only read Tom Clancy, how ignorant was I. Well needless to say since I have read the Lion's Game I just finished Gold Coast and now I am reading Plum Island. The plot of the Lion's Game is a little awkard with everything that happened on Sept 11th.
Rating:
Summary: Terrific book!
Review: I read this book this past summer and could not put it down. Since the tragedy of Sept. 11th , I have not forgotten Nelson DeMille's account of the mindset of these terrorists.Its hard to forget this one. I would like to mention that the main character of John Corey is wonderful and witty throughout the book. I hope the character of John Corey returns, not the story line, at any cost.
Rating:
Summary: Love American Style
Review: Almost intense as real life, which is saying a lot considering the intenseness of current events. Rapid and plot-driven with John Corey's usual annoying-but-you-can't-help-but-like-him-because-he's-usually-right sense of humor as highlights. I could do w/o the 2000 version of the Mayfield/Corey = Hepburn/Tracey plotline, but then, hey, I'm a woman. I guess men enjoy that slurpy stuff. Looking forward to what's next for Corey and can only hope that Mayfield dies because John's so much more entertaining when he's miserable.
Rating:
Summary: The Lions Game
Review: this is an excellent thriller, a must read. You will not be able to put this one down.
Rating:
Summary: DeMille has done it again
Review: I read this one immediately after finishing Plum Island. The two flowed together quite well, but not as well as Clancy's Jack Ryan series. The plus to that however is this book stands very well on it's own even without reading Plum Island.I thoroughly enjoy DeMille's stories, as well as his style. He is fast becoming my favorite author. I really enjoyed how he wrote this book by alternating chapters between the protagonist (Corey) and the antagonist (Kalil - the Lion). He wrote the Corey sections in first person, and the Kalil sections in third person. He really pulled this off well. One reviewer complained about DeMille leaving this concept at the end, and focusing only on Corey. I disagree, and thought that was a good thing. By making the reader wonder what Kalil was up to, he added to the suspence of the story. I enjoyed Plum Island a little more than this one. The Lion's Game was a little drawn out in parts, but I still didn't want to put it down. I always knew something big was about to happen, even in the slow parts. It is a very good read, full of action and suspence. I've never read another author who makes the dialog seem as realistic as DeMille does. His character and setting descriptions also make the book come alive.
Rating:
Summary: Scary, witty and politically-incorrect
Review: Nelson Demille again brings us the insensitive and rude John Corey. It is rare to see an author's main character insulting so many minorities, but in the modern world of sensitivity it is refreshing. Demille also introduces the reader to one of the most cold blooded killers to appear in a thriller in a long time: Asad Khalil, who has ice water in his veins. He kills each of his victims with so much pleasure that it will scare most readers. The plot is solid and sensible, as well as fast paced. Anyone who loves thrillers should grab this book immediately. But beware: This book may cause a loss of sleep!
Rating:
Summary: Draft Demille, CIA!
Review: I read The Lion's Game when it first came out in paperback. I thought at the time that it was a pretty good typical page turner in Demille's genre. After the terrible events of Sept. 11th I found myself drawn back to this book because of the subject. Khalil's cab driver points out the two towers of the World Trade Center, and Khalil mutters, "maybe next time". What a frightening foreshadowing! Given the horrible reality of what has now happened, I don't know what to say. Maybe the government spy agencies should read some fiction once in awhile.
Rating:
Summary: Poignant. Demille has another hit.
Review: To say this book is NOW timely is to create a great understatement. The main thrust of this novel is the access potential terrorists have in our country. Demille is masterful in his depiction of Asad Khalil, our book's resident terrorist and antagonist. Like we've seen the past few weeks, Khalil believes in the martyrdom of his actions and the ultimate reward from Allah. The premise: absolute obstruction of the U.S. Our hero is John Corey. You grow to love Corey, a somewhat faulted yet tough and funny. Corey plays an incredibly wonderful hero in this book. I hesitate to say much more given recent events. Although this is a work of fiction, Demille is on target with the architecture of this story. A truly great read regardless its girth (some 600 pages). Demille has the gift.
| 
