corey, john (fictitious character)

Ex-NYPD detective John Corey, working with the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force in 2002, teams up with his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, in an attempt to stop a madman who hopes to provoke an all-out nuclear war by detonating bombs in two U.S. cities.

John Corey fears his allotment of good luck may have run out when he signs on as a contract agent with the federal government's Anti-Terroist Task Force and is assigned to apprehend an alleged Libyan terrorist known as "The Lion.".

John Corey fears his allotment of good luck may have run out when he signs on as a contract agent with the federal government's Anti-Terrorist Task Force and is assigned to apprehend an alleged Libyan terrorist known as "The Lion.".

Asad Khalil, the notorious Libyan terrorist otherwise known as "The Lion," has returned to America to make good on his threats and take care of unfinished business. John Corey, former NYPD Homicide detective and special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, will stop at nothing to find and kill Khahil.

"Detective John Corey of The lion's game, Plum Island, and Night fall returns in a new novel about a conspiracy to detonate nuclear bombs in two American cities, setting off a world war of unimaginable proportions"--Provided by the publisher.

Anti-Terrorist Task Force agent John Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield have been posted overseas to Sana'a, Yemen--one of the most dangerous places in the Middle East. While there, they will be working with a small team to track down one of the masterminds behind the USS "Cole" bombing: a high-ranking Al Qaeda operative known as The Panther. Ruthless and elusive, he's wanted for multiple terrorist acts and murders--and the US government is determined to bring him down, no matter the cost. As latecomers to a treacherous game, John and Kate don't know the rules, the players, or the score. What they do know is that there is more to their assignment than meets the eye--and that the hunters are about to become the hunted.