Up country is a 2002 thriller novel by american author nelson demille. John coreys life was threatened in the earlier book by one of the worlds most wanted terrorists. The lion is a sequel to the first book i read by demille, the lion s game. Sign up to receive email newsletters about david baldaccis new books. The disrespect the veterans received upon their return was heartbreaking. Demille and his family moved to long island when he was a child. With 30 million books in print, nelson demille is one of the countrys. Demille, who has two adult children from a previous marriage, grew up in postworld war ii long. He is the son of builder huron demille and his wife antonia panzera. Order of nelson demille books nelson demille is an american novelist who has written such books as the generals daughter, the gold coast and the john corey series. His works include word of honor, the charm school, the gold coast, plum island, and the generals daughter made into a 1999 movie starring john travolta. Nelson demille creates strong, interesting characters and this book went into my 1.
Reluctance because it was written by demille, and the lion was still chasing me. The lion by nelson demille features john corey as the crusty, smartass and wisecracking former nypd detective now working as a contract agent with the antiterrorist task force attf. His other new york times bestsellers include the charm school, word of honor, the gold coast, spencerville, the lion s game, up country, wild fire. Nelson richard demille was born in jamaica queens on august 23, 1943. This book helped me understand what many are dealing with as vietnam vets.
The agencys publishing department has signed nelson demille, the author of 15 bestselling novels. This book describes the prehistory and native american peoples of the patayan country, and area of western arizona that can also be called the kingman region in reference to its central town. Author nelson demille bio and signed books vj books. Nobody but a vietnam war in country veteran could have written this book. The lions game john corey book 2 kindle edition by. The latest book written by nelson demille is the cuban affair, published in 2017, the first in a new series featuring mac maccormick, an afghanistan war veteran aged 35. National guard captain gordon hess, who, the cid ruled, had stabbed. Demille s earlier books were nypd detective novels.
The 2000 novel the lion s game is the sequel to plum island and is followed by the 2004 book night fall. Demille has also written under the pen names jack cannon, kurt ladner, ellen kay and brad matthews. No beach read like a demille beach read the arts the bookshelf. His novels include plum island, the charm school, and the gold coast. His other new york times bestsellers include the charm school, word of honor, the gold coast, spencerville, the lion s game, up country, wild fire, and. Nelson demille is the new york times bestselling author of twenty novels.
Author nelson demilles complete list of books and series in order, with the latest. Word of honor, the gold coast, spencerville, the lions game, up country, wild. Demille s biggest yet deserves high points for entertainment and readability, though nothing of his has been as moving or richly written as 1990s the gold coast up country is a sequel to the generals daughter 1992, filmed with john travolta as demille s army homicide detective paul brenner. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Up country there is a name carved into the vietnam memorial in washington, d. The lion s game john corey book 2 kindle edition by demille, nelson. The author page includes complete biography as well. Johns wife, fbi special agent, kate mayfield, is also employed by the task force and is in fact coreys boss.
Interview enjoy an interactive chat session with nelson demille, the critically acclaimed novelist of such best sellers as plum island, generals daughter, the lion s game and night fall, where several chat attendees ask a plethora of questions an interview with nelson demille, recorded by talk city network. Here its 2003 new york city and asad khalil is back to finish his revenge against the 1986 u. Part of that time was served during the vietnam war in quang tri provence, from november 67 to december 68. Reading this book brought tears to my eyes more that once. Griffiths enters the world of rice, king and straub. Up country by nelson demille trade cloth for sale online. Since nelson demille served in vietnam, it has the ring of truth. John corey series in order nelson demille fictiondb. He has mostly written thrillers and crime fiction but he has delved outside of that with some. Nelson demille book list by the rivers of babylon 1978 mayday 1979. The lion s game is a 2000 novel by american author nelson demille. Up country gives an insiders view of the vietnam war. Though i can usually get through a book fast, this 700 page book took me two weeks to read.
Nelson demille was born nelson richard demille to huron and antonio demille on august 23, 1943 in new york city. Nelson demille s most popular book is the generals daughter. He graduated from elmont memorial high school, where he played football and ran track. Plum island by nelson demille, the lion s game by nelson demille, night fall by nelson demille, the charm school by nelson d. The lion s game is a cracking good story, well told with lots of pace and excitement. According to his web site, he returned for a nostalgic tour of vietnam just a few years ago, and from that trip was hatched this book.
Joan 12014 love to read nelson demille and this book was a typical demille book with a good plot loaded with his witty sarcasm. Nelson richard demille born august 23, 1943 is an american author of action adventure and suspense novels. Despite demille liking the film, it stuck closely to his plot and was a gloomy dud. The lion s game the lion s game audiobook, by nelson demille. The last thing paul brenner wanted to do was return to work for the arm. There was a story about novelist and vietnam veteran nelson demille in a recent issue of american legion magazine. Three exciting, suspenseful, international thrillers by the new york times. The lion 2010 the panther october 2012 written as jack cannon all outofprint the hammer of god 1974 the sniper 1974. His novels include the deserter, written with alex demille, the cuban affair, radiant angel, plum island, the charm school. So, it was with great reluctance that i picked up the word of honor. Exnypd cop, now task force contract agent john corey together with his formidable and beautiful new partner, kate mayfield will follow a trail of smoke and blood across the country. In up country, nelson demille cannily revives the army career of chief warrant officer paul brenner, the cynical, hardworking criminal investigation division man.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the lion s game john corey book 2. Demille s 16th book the fifth in his john corey series is a post911 sequel to the lion s game. His other new york times bestsellers include the charm school, word of honor, the gold coast, spencerville, the lions game, up country, wild fire, and. Demille has also written under the pen names jack cannon, kurt ladner, and brad matthews. Khalil returns, seeking revenge, in the lion, and its clear from the start that this. 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 khalil. The gold coast, the generals daughter, spencerville, plum island, the lion s game, up country, the gate house, night fall, wild fire, and the lion. In the lions game, his brilliant thriller of two years ago, featuring fiendish terrorist asad khalil. Plum island by nelson demille the lions game by nelson demille night fall by nelson. 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. Indeed, nelson demille was an army first louie in 1968, a very troubled time for our country and the world. Author nelson demille signs with talent agency icm. The story is set in 2015, before fidel castros death. Its been a decade since he published the lion s game 2000 in which his.
The author of 18 actionsuspense novels, a number of which have become new york times bestsellers, he is bestknown for his john corey series, which includes the following books plum island, the lion s game, night fall, wild fire, the lion, the panther and radiant angel. Brenners called back to investigate the murder of a young army lieutenant by his captain. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. Dark plots conceived in a tudor setting the new york times.
Both survived the encounter in nelson demille s nearprescient bestseller, the lion s game. Paul brenner in up country 2002 and the generals daughter 1992. Awaiting the muchballyhooed publication of nelson demilles big vietnam book, as some pr. Nelson demille has 95 books on goodreads with 698199 ratings. It is the second of demille s novels to feature the detective john corey, now working as a contractor for the fictional fbi antiterrorist task force in new york city. Up country paul brenner book 2 kindle edition by demille. I was struck by the similarity between his vietnam tour and my first one. The lion john corey book 5 kindle edition by demille. The catch is, the crime took place during the heat of.
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