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Zusatztext Nelson DeMille really delivers with this eagerly awaited follow-up to The Lion's Game! which might be his best page-turner to date...The Lion is not only fun! it is also essential reading Informationen zum Autor Nelson Richard DeMille was born in New York City on August 23, 1943 to Huron and Antonia (Panzera) DeMille, then moved with his parents to Long Island. He graduated from Elmont Memorial High School, where he played football and ran track. DeMille spent three years at Hofstra University, then joined the Army where he attended Officer Candidate School and was commissioned a Lieutenant in the United States Army (1966-69). He saw action in Vietnam as an infantry platoon leader with the First Cavalry Division and was decorated with the Air Medal, Bronze Star, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. After his discharge, DeMille returned to Hofstra University where he received his bachelor's degree in Political Science and History. He has three children, Lauren, Alexander, and James, and he and his wife reside on Long Island. DeMille's first major novel was By the Rivers of Babylon , published in 1978, and is still in print as are all his succeeding novels. He is a member of American Mensa, The Authors Guild, and is past president of the Mystery Writers of America. He is also a member of International Thriller Writers and was chosen as ThrillerMaster of the Year 2015. He holds three honorary doctorates: Doctor of Humane Letters from Hofstra University, Doctor of Literature from Long Island University, and Doctor of Humane Letters from Dowling College. Klappentext ¿Have a safe jump, Mr Corey.¿ Detective John Corey is floating to earth, his skydiver¿s parachute billowing above him. His wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, is mere metres away, beneath a chute of her own. And clinging to Kate in midair, aiming a knife at her throat and a Glock at Corey, is the most dangerous man alive: Asad Khalik, code name The Lion ¿ infamous terrorist, ice-blooded assassin, and Corey¿s greatest nemesis. ¿I promised you I would return, Corey¿¿ It¿s been three years since Corey last traded words ¿ and bullets ¿ with The Lion, who vanished after a devastating attack on American soil. But with Khalil¿s spectacular return, the threat of a terrorist apocalypse now darkens the globe. The Lion wants revenge. And with Kate¿s life in the balance, so does Corey.The most gripping, the most exciting, the most relentlessly entertaining novel yet from one of the world's most popular storytellers Zusammenfassung The most gripping, the most exciting, the most relentlessly entertaining novel yet from one of the world's most popular storytellers...
