Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro cruised the #1 spot on Amazon’s “Political Parties” bestseller list on Tuesday, shortly after the release of his new book, “Lions & Scavengers: The True Story of America.” 

Americans raced to get their hands on a copy of what Shapiro called his “most important book” — his first book in four years.   

“Lions & Scavengers” jumped ahead of Republican Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt’s “The Last Line of Defense” and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow’s “Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism.” 

“Lions & Scavengers” was written following Hamas’ horrific attacks on innocent Israelis on October 7, 2023. Not only did this attack remind the world of the barbarity of radical Islamic terrorism, but it also shone a light on a deeply troubling and growing problem in the West. 

After the October 7 attack on Israel, Shapiro spent the next year traveling the globe, visiting Auschwitz alongside Elon Musk, flying to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to meet with newly elected president Javier Milei, and speaking at Oxford University in England. It was what he saw on the streets of London that affected him most.

“Just last weekend, London saw a massive river of protesters,” writes Shapiro in the book. “Hundreds of thousands strong, marching with their banners unfurled: the banners of terrorist groups and of communists and of transgender activists, gathered together to revolt against the civilization that has given them their rights and their prosperity and their power.”

In his book, Shapiro lays out how a new form of “Scavenger” is on the prowl, and he insists that the issue is larger than antisemitism and attacks against Jews. 

“This is something different. It is a united, coalitional hatred of the West,” he says. 

Shapiro’s “Lions & Scavengers” illuminates the gathering storm facing the leaders of the West, but his message is not only for adults. 

“We need to be a civilization of Lions. We need to teach our children to be Lions, and to fight the Scavengers.”