Chasing the White Lion Book Blog Tour, Review, and #Giveaway #LoneStarLit

Posted March 3, 2020 by Lynn in Blog Tours, Giveaways, Reviews / 4 Comments

CHASING THE WHITE LION
(Talia Inger, Book Two)
by
JAMES R. HANNIBAL
  
Genre: Contemporary Christian / Thriller / Suspense
Publisher: Revell
Date of Publication: March 3, 2020
Number of Pages: 384

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Young CIA officer Talia Inger has reconciled with the man who assassinated her father, but that doesn’t mean she wants him hovering over her every move and unearthing the painful past she’s trying to put behind her. Still, she’ll need him–and the help of his star grifter, Valkyrie–if she hopes to infiltrate the Jungle, the first ever crowdsourced crime syndicate, to rescue a group of kidnapped refugee children.

But as Talia and her elite team of thieves con their way into the heart of the Jungle, inching ever closer to syndicate boss the White Lion, she’ll run right up against the ragged edge of her family’s dark past. In this game of cat and mouse, it’s win . . . or die. And in times like that, it’s always good to have someone watching your back.

Former tactical deception officer and stealth pilot James Hannibal takes you deep undercover into the criminal underworld where everyone has an angle, and no one escapes unscathed.

WANT TO BE A REAL HERO?

Want to be a real hero? Compassion International, a real organization fighting child poverty, stars in Chasing the White Lion. By giving hope and a sense of identity to these kids, they’re helping families slam the door on human traffickers. A portion of every book sold will go to support Compassion’s work. You can join the fight simply by buying a copy of Chasing the White Lion.

 

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Chasing the White Lion is a page turning adventure with the heart of gold.
Family is an underlying theme in this novel. But here, it’s the family that you make that dominates.
“That’s what families do. They catch each other, and they keep going no matter what.”
Talia, Tyler, and the rest of the team are forming deeper bonds with each other. Tyler sends in the team, off-book, to protect Talia on her C.I.A. missions. After the events of the first novel in the series, The Gryphon Heist, Talia is still working on her trust issues, but by the end of this novel, she is fully embracing that she can depend on her team members. It’s great to see the characters connecting with each other on a deeper level forming life-long bonds.
The characters in Chasing the White Lion show considerable growth from The Gryphon Heist. The secondary team members who shine this time around are Finn and Val. I was happy to read that Mr. Hannibal provides more back-story and motivation for these two characters. Finn grows from the playboy thrill-seeker to one of my favorite characters. He’s still going to jump off that ledge, but he’ll hold your hand if you need help to jump along with him. Val now sees that all of her actions (past and present) have consequences. And realizing that her actions impact others is a great step forward for her character.
This novel is just as action packed as the first. I was turning the pages as fast as I could. There are enough car explosions, assassination attempts, titular lion dodging, and jumping out of planes to keep me thoroughly entertained. And there is an amazing motorcycle sequence at the end that I am still thinking about days later!
On the romance front, we thankfully have very little romance. This completely works for me in an action book. But we do have some very cute flirting between Finn and Talia. Maybe this will develop into something in a future novel?
If you read The Gryphon Heist and were wondering, yes, there is still some funny Eddie geek humor, especially with his insistence on buying only the best drones and his new call sign of Red Leader.
On a personal side note, it was SUPER STRESSFUL reading the scene where the plane our characters are flying in begins losing cabin pressure WHILE ON A PLANE. Super. Fun. Times. Luckily, no such issues on my own flight!
Whereas you could, technically, read Chasing the White Lion without having read The Gryphon Heist, you would be doing yourself a disservice. Read both. They are amazing action\adventure books!

I received Chasing the White Lion free in exchange for my honest review. Thanks to author James Hannibal and Lone Star Book Blog Tours for providing this opportunity.

 

Former stealth pilot James R. Hannibal is a two-time Silver Falchion Award winner for his Section 13 mysteries for kids and a Thriller Award nominee for his Nick Baron covert ops series for adults. James is a rare multi-sense synesthete, meaning all of his senses intersect. He sees and feels sounds and smells and hears flashes of light. He lives in Houston, Texas.

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GRAND PRIZE: Copy of Both Books in the Talia Inger Series
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March 3-13, 2020
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Posted March 3, 2020 by Lynn in Blog Tours, Giveaways, Reviews / 4 Comments

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