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Lord Of The Kill

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I like Lord of the Kill because it is a bit scary but is a good book for animal lovers. I think this a good book for older kids because of blood and violence. It has only one bad in the book. If you dont like horror stories you would not like this book. It has a good ending for the characters it has a bad biginning. If you get scared easy you might want to think twice.

Sick and tired of the fake mystery investigations we so often see on television? If the answer is yes, then try reading Lord of the Kill by Theodore Taylor. This book shows the reader what it is like to understand the real crimes from a witness's point of view. Lord of the Kill is the sequel to Sniper, in which both books share the same protagonist: Benjamin Jepson. Ben is a sixteen-year-old male, and even though he is not the brightest in school, he does comprehend quite a bit about the cats at his father's preserve. Ben's dream in life is to someday own the "Los Coyotes Big Cat Preserve" just as his father does now. It seems as if Ben will receive his first test in running the preserve while his parents are in India writing a story for the "National Geographic". Unfortunate for Ben, the preserve has multiple, capable enemies willing to ruin it. This is due to his father's strong opinions against poaching the big cats or any other animal.

Trouble arises when a half-eaten body is found in the cage of two "dangerous" jaguars. Because of the animals' mysterious ways, people outside of the preserve are usually quite afraid of the jaguars and give them nicknames such as "Killer". Without the jaguar mystery solved, General Dmitri Zukov-Ben's favorite Siberian tiger weighing over 800 pounds and having a total length of thirteen feet-is kidnapped! No matter how bizarre it may seem to steal a tiger, Ben realizes he must act quickly if he wishes to see his friend alive ever again. This mystery book's main theme is love, especially shown from Ben. The boy's heart may need to lead him to the most dangerous and important moment of his life. Theodore Taylor's chapters and formatting reminded me of the way Herman Melville separated his chapters in Moby Dick-sweet and short, right to the point. Mr. Taylor of course used many flashbacks because the book is a mystery. And in a mystery, the reader solely learns things when they come into play or when the author finds a necessary time to include such information.

Theodore Taylor has written more than 50 fiction and non-fiction books for young-adult readers. I will probably find myself reading another one of Mr. Taylor's books because overall, I thought Lord of the Kill to be very exciting. Readers must remember not all mysteries can be solved and to be prepared for the numerous unexpected twists and turns. While reading, I took notes on the characters because otherwise a gigantic assortment of questions would have appeared towards the end of the book. I felt worried and frantic in most parts. Any person who believes in justice for animals or takes delight in a well-written mystery would certainly enjoy this book. In the end, we seldom know what may lurk behind the corner. All we can do is rely on our judgment to lead us to the solution of our problems.

What a disappointment! Sniper is my favorite book by Theodore Taylor; in it, 15-year-old Ben Jepson is left in charge of his parents' big cat preserve while his parents visit Africa. Then his parents disappear and someone begins shooting the cats. It's a thrilling story that holds up to re-reading; my copy is in tatters. However, this book reads less like a sequel and more like a re-write of the first book. In it, 16-year-old Ben is left in charge of his parents' big cat preserve while his parents visit India. Then his parents disappear and someone begins causing trouble for the preserve. It's not a thrilling story this time around, and Taylor introduces too many new characters (such as the secretary) who weren't in the first book, while leaving out characters (such as Ben's girlfriend) who should be in the second book. Plus, Ben is 16--why is he entering his senior year of high school? Plus, half of the book is printed in italics for no apparent reason, except to annoy the reader. Skip this one. It wasn't even worth the $1.25 I spent on it.

If you liked the book The Cay by Theodore Taylor, you would probably enjoy the book Lord of the Kill.

Lord of the Kill is set in Los Coyotes Cat Preserve, and Ben is the main character of the story. Ben has loved cats ever since he was very little. He gets to see cats a lot because his dad works at Los Coyotes. Ben has a grand adventure with the cats but has many problems with them too.

Someone is trying to "get at" something or someone at the Los Coyotes Preserve. When a dead body is found in a cat compound, Ben knows something's up. Also, when a killer tiger gets kidnapped, Ben and his friends have to find a way to save it! However, Ben's parents are in India. Also, Ben and his friends don't know who kidnapped the killer tiger! Ben thinks that the Chinese or the Triads did it. The Triads are a group of people that take animals and kill them to make medicine. Therefore, the story is exciting, tense, and mysterious.

Theodore Taylor really describes the story so you understand how a character feels and what the mood is. He makes you feel like you're there and a part of the story. For example he writes, "This particular drippy, foggy morning in early June, Ben was puzzled by the silence of the canyon." However, some parts of the book I would just feel bored because the author would just keep repeating key elements. The good thing is, after the boring parts, it would get exciting again.

This book is a wonderful book to read if you enjoy sad and tense scenes, mysterious phone calls, and a killer tiger on the loose. I enjoyed this book very much and hope you do too.

Ben's parents have left on a trip to India to do a story about Bengal tiger poachers. Ben's father is a conservationist that has made many people mad with his actions to stop the illegal killing of tigers. They leave Ben, their 18-year-old son in charge of the family's Los Coyotes Big Cat Preserve. Ben handles the responsibility well, and the job is easy, until someone breaks into the preserve.

One night when Ben is inspecting the grounds he finds that all the big-cats are silent. He knows something is not right. When he gets to cage Number Twelve, the home of two vicious jaguars he finds a half eaten corpse. He finds someone had placed the body inside the cage. Soon, his favorite tiger, Dmitri "Lord of the Kill," is stolen. Someone wants to get revenge on Ben's father, and it is up to Ben to find out whom.

"Lord of the Kill" was a thrilling mystery in which there were many suspects as to who kidnapped Dmitri and who put the corpse in the jaguar's cage. Ben was a great protagonist that had quite a few hurdles to overcome in the book. Not only was he struggling with the events at Los Coyotes Big Cat Preserve, he was also dealing with the idea of college and staying in school for his senior year.

Reviewed by S. Cassel for Flamingnet Book Reviews, www.flamingnet.com.

I haven't read Sniper but this was the sequel and it was excellent. This takes place one year later. Bens parents are on the run again. This time in India. Ben is left incharge of the cat preserve and mysterious things are happening. Murder has taken place and two very wild Jaguars are blamed. In the person who was murdereds pocket there is a green hand. This is pointed at the tiger-medicine fund and Traids. The murder is posed as a threat to his father and threatening messages are left on the answering machine. Ben is trying to crack the case about who's trying to get rid of the perserve and shut down some zoo slaughter houses on his way. Great for the young adult.

Lord of the Kill is a very well put together book. Theodore Taylor uses a lot of description of what is happening and you can put together a picture in your mind of what is going on. Taylor sends his readers inside the book and it feels as if you are there living out the story. He uses problems that may not seem like they are around today and tries to play along those lines as an animal-rights family and fights for what they believe. Taylor probably intended you to feel what is happening to the characters, especially Ben, and try to relate to him. Most parents leave to go out of town or on vacation and leave their kids to look after the house so in some form most young adults can relate to Ben. Ben takes on the challenge of finding his lost tiger, as most young adults would take on any challenge they may face while alone or have parents out of town. Taylor uses emotions to help enhance what the characters are feeling which helps grab your attention. Adults can relate to other characters like the other employees trying to help Ben manage to preserve, most adults have helped someone else in one way or another.

The ideal audience for Lord of the Kill is definitely for young adults and is well suited for it, they like to read books that have younger main characters in an adventure to stick up for something they believe in. If adventure is your kind of genre then Lord of the Kill would fit your needs.

A half eaten girl is found and locked up in a jaguar cage.

It was a girl from the streets of China Town it was a message from the Triads.

Lord of the Kill by Theodore Taylor is about a kid named Ben who has a tiger preserve to run, he is 18 years old and his parents are somewhere in a jungle in India. Triads are threat the preserve because Ben's father told the Hong Kong police about the shipment of animal medicine that animals were killed to make the medicine.

The book is a good vs. bad book. That one side is trying to save exotic animals and the other is killing animals for medicine.

Ben is scared so he caries a colt. Ben has been getting messages from the Triads that they are threatening him because of Ben's dad that he told the Hong Kong police about the shipment of medicine mad from animals.

I feel bad that Ben has to deal with a big problem. That Ben has lots of problems to deal with. For example: his parents are in a jungle lost and hasn't heard from them.

The writing is very mysteries that there are lots of mysteries. An example is there is a body in a cage with the jaguars.

I recommend this book to people that like mysteries books.