The Lion

By: Nelson DeMille

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

In this eagerly awaited follow-up to The Lion's Game, John Corey, former NYPD Homicide detective and special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, is back. And, unfortunately for Corey, so is Asad Khalil, the notorious Libyan terrorist otherwise known as "The Lion". Last we heard from him, Khali had claimed to be defecting to the US only to unleash the most horrific reign of terrorism ever to occur on American soil. While Corey and his partner, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, chased him across the country, Khalil methodically eliminated his victims one by one and then disappeared without a trace.

Now, years later, Khalil has returned to America to make good on his threats and take care of unfinished business. "The Lion" is a killing machine once again loose in America with a mission of revenge, and John Corey will stop at nothing to achieve his own goal - to find and kill Khahil.

©2010 Nelson DeMille (P)2010 Hachette

WOW!

Nelson DeMille is one of my favorite authors and I LOVED this book. A great "read."

The Best!

Narrator is the best! I enjoy the book he does because he makes me "feel" the characters! I have the whole John Cory series!

The Lion

I have just finished The Lion which was such a great read. This is the third book of DeMille's that I have read, or listened to, and each one was superbly written. DeMille is a very special author and I intend to read everything he writes because I know I won't be disappointed. Scott Brick narrated which was a plus. Nelson DeMille is a gifted writer and I'm glad he keeps writing good stuff for us all.

However, because Scott Brick narrated The Passage, I somehow, stupidly listened to the whole worthless poorly written tome. I'm sure glad I didn't waste more than one credit.

a good story

This was a good thriller. Details of police/FBI operations was good, as well as the story of the characters going through this experience. Kept my attention.

The best Corey novel yet.

They just seem to be getting better with each one. Look forward to listening to the next one.

OKAY but Riding on the Coattails of earlier works

I really enjoy Nelson DeMille's novels, but have to agree with some of the other reviewers that this novel isn't at the same caliber as The Lion's Game. John Corey seems to get more and more shallow with each novel, although he's still the sarcastic quick witted character from earlier novels. Corey's wife, Kate, takes a back seat/side-line role, which is a little disappointing given she's a young, intelligent FBI agent. But DeMille is such a great story teller that it's still worth the listen.

Scott Brick is a great narrator, but these later novels have a different tone and inflection from the earlier novels, Plum Island & The Lion's Game. He comes off as an older cowboy not a cosmopolitan NYPD detective. He sounds dated, like he's a septuagenarian or octogenarian. Please bring back the tone from earlier books. It's still there as you can hear in the interview at the end with Brick and DeMille.

John Corey Constrained

This was my least favorite of the John Corey books I have read so far (Plum Island and The Lions Game). The story was more linear and predicable and the protagonist was a bit less unbound than in the other books. Now he is a married FBI agent chasing an old enemy (who we already know). Even the writing was subdued. Still, it is better than most in this genre.

The narration was not as good as the previous in this series. The narrator seemed less prepared, several different characters use the same delivery, and some delivery is slower than optimal.

Thrilling, exciting, and unexpected turns

I loved this book, as I’ve loved every book in this series so far. The reader does a great job of getting into character and bringing out the sarcasm of the characters.

Lotta filler - editor was mia

John Corey was his usual sarcastic self and didn't disappoint, but this plot was pretty expected. And Mr. Demille needs to find a synonym for the words "reply" / "replied" - he used them at least 300 times in this book..so many times that I was distracted by counting the number of repetitions. It was a good book to take to bed and put me to sleep.

Another Brilliant Performance by Scott Brick

I am a avid Audible listener. Although I do not believe that this is one of Nelson DeMille's better books . . . the plot is extremely predictable, as well as dated being set in 2003 & simplistic about the "war on terror," given in hindsight, what we now know in 2010. However, you can't help loving the character of Detective John Corey, who DeMille has developed so well. Corey is a hoot & the dialogue is extremely funny. I found myself, many times, laughing in the car, as I listened to the dialogue between Corey and the other characters as well as the one liners delivered by Corey. Scott Brick's performance is five stars & he IS Detective John Corey. If you love Scott Brick and DeMille's character of Detective John Corey you will probably enjoy the book. The Lion is a light, fast paced summer listen!