# The Lions Den
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The most extraordinary Christmas present I have ever received! 36 years ago, at the age of 15, I wrote a novel, The Lions Den. As I note in an article I just wrote about it for a publication,"it was a US-Soviet cold war-style thriller that involved a global crisis; there were nuclear explosions, fascinating spies, geopolitical maneuvering, and yes, even a sex scene. Not a bad effort for a 15-year-old kid." Christmas morning, my family gave me a fully formatted manuscript ready to go to print - typed in from the original typewritten manuscript by my wife Christa, and an absolutely fabulous cover design by my son Willie. They're going to add a few short stories from that time when I first started writing (!), and then we'll take it to print sometime in 2012 and make it available for sale. Have a look at the cover -- and in particular, read the back cover copy for more on this remarkable project. THANK YOU!

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Source: https://jimcarroll.com/2012/02/the-lions-den/