Terrorist assassin Asad Khalil returns in this sequel to "The Lion's Game" to finish off the last few people on his hit list. John Corey stopped him 3 years ago, but this time Kahlil is determined not to leave until he finishes what he started. And he has added John Corey and his wife Kate to his list. From the very beginning of this book, it is clearly building up to a one-on-one confrontation between Corey and Kahlil that will leave only one of them standing.
I listened to the audio version of this book, and fast-forwarded through a couple of the horrifying descriptions of Kahlil's killings. He has come back even more ruthless, twisted, and personally vengeful than he was before. The timeline of this book places it 18 months after 9/11, and, though Kahlil's mission is not directly related to that event, the weight and significance of the 9/11 terrorist attacks hangs over this story. Also, this book was written almost 10 years after the first one, and a lot of things have changed in those 10 years, as far as our understanding of terrorism. Sadly, none of the sickening killings Kahlil carries out are unimaginable.
At the end of the audio version of this book, there is an interesting interview with Nelson DeMille by narrator Scott Brick. DeMille never intended for "The Lion's Game" to have a sequel. But he had such a strong fan reaction after the first book that he finally wrote "The Lion" in response to his readers' desire for a resolution between Corey and Kahlil.
I specifically picked out these two books, and one other to read during September because of the theme of terrorism. I am half-way through the other book & then I am done with terrorist thrillers for awhile.
Sojourner
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