I’m afraid I didn’t really like this book. Without a doubt it was well researched but it was 90% information and 10% story, a passion project rather than a novel. Very similar to the previous two instalments and quite a slog to get through. Thank you Netgalley all the same.

Thanks Muswell Press, NetGalley and Peter Hain for this ARC of the Lion Conspiracy.

As someone who’s no stranger to Peter Hain, the politician, and activist but new to his writing- I can honestly say that I was hooked from the first word!

To say I found the book fascinating yet sad because the systemised and endemic elimination of this magnificent beast is sad, eye opening and so very disturbing. I had to put the book down many times. This is not because of the writing, but because of the subject matter. This book brings to fore the saying - to be better is to know better, to know better is to learn better . Needless to say - I buying books 1 &2 in the conspiracy series. This is one book that will haunt me and stay with me for a long long time!

Peter Hain is very good with writing well-researched facts and figures about sometimes not so easily understandable subjects like politics, economy, and war, in enjoyable ways for readers. Illegal wildlife trade, politics, and the protection of endangered species are very close to my own heart, and I am so happy to see someone writing about these issues in fiction (with facts included). In this book I especially enjoyed reading about South Africa, Kenya, and Uganda, also all very close to my own heart, and the way the good and the bad regarding the protection and trade in wildlife have been handled in the respective countries.

I think many people would benefit fro reading this book, because not only is it entertaining (yet hard to read at times due to the subject), but there are so many interesting things I think everyone in the world should know. It always bugs me a lot after reading these kind of books how little most people care, and prefer not to think about these issues. Maybe it is simply easier for them that way? I want more of these books! Time for people to read, soak it in, and act!