The Lyons' Pride: The Phoenix Initiative, Book 1

Well paced tale, fully developed characters, with lots of action, intrigue, backstabbing, courage and resilience. Took several evenings to read, but not one second was wasted.

What a fun read! Very well written, great story can't wait to read the 2nd book! 4 more words needed...

I was ready to give up on this book. It seemed to be another one off book about yet another sidekick character. Without giving away any of the plot twists, it was an excellent story about how things have progress in the Horseman universe.

This book was even better than I expected. From restaurateur to the stars, this story showed how far a man will go to get his family back. The hunters getting in on the action made it even better.

This was an unexpected and really good story. Competence and ineptitude side by side. Experience is the best teacher, but a hard one. If you're going into any business venture, you need to have a good idea of what you're getting into. The Lyon has a lot to learn. He's smart but impulsive, has good instincts but inexperience, but he's loyal and stubborn to a fault. He's going to need that along with some luck to save his people. He might even persuade some people to help him along the way. He's going to need that along with his knowledge of logistics and his business savvy to help him get out of some tough situations. He needs all the help he can get, because he hasn't thought of everything and his overlooking something important might cost him more than he ever thought about. There appears to be plenty of material for future novels and stories, and I hope the authors have more planned.

The book flashes by moving from scene to scene without hiccup or hesitation. not getting wrapped up in technical details it simply tells a story focused on the main characters. While the reader will wonder about the earth's situation and history it isn't a distraction. Once finished, the reader will look forward to future volumes.

Well written, lots of battles, tons of merchandise action, aliens, did I mention aliens? Yup, lots of aliens! Well done!

This is a fun, clever and emotional journey with a lesson about patience, persistance determination and focus. Oh yeah, and love too. Those aliens that worry about Humans? They are quite right to be afraid, but they have no idea how much they underestimate us. Deadly enemies, but even better friends. Soon. Soon.

The 4 Horseman Universe is expansive with a lot of threads.This makes a fantastic jumping on point.I mean, killer kitties and dive bars. What's not to love.

Throughout the series the Lyons' Den has been a somewhat secretive merc bar. It was active for a long period of time covering many series and spinnoff anthologies. In this entry we learn the story of the Lyon and what he was up too. With his family in general Peepo's paws he was out of the merc business on pain of his families deaths. But with the omega war won and Peepo dead at the claws of Tsan it's time for the Lyon to hunt. This entry covers over 60 years. I always enjoy a tale where the cats that aren't there show up and get their kill on. Cute furry little murder machines hunting rats. I can see why they were alarmed about Depik and humans teaming up. Looking forward to more.