"The Athena Project" by Brad Thor was awesome.
I am a huge fan of 'thriller' books, and Thor does not disappoint.
The basic outline of the book is that it is about an elite team of women in the US Military's Delta Force program. These are strong, powerful, intelligent women who do the jobs that men can't. They can take care of themselves and the rest of the world. Admittedly, I was a little biased by the premise. In a world with such a skewed view on woman hood I tend to latch onto anything that shows us women who can be both beautiful and extremely intelligence.
What next made this book awesome was the science. The page before the first chapter starts includes this sentence: "The science in this novel is based on reality." I did not think much about this when I first read it. When I was done with the book though, I happened to drop it and it landed face down on that page. So, I read it again. My first thought? THAT IS AWESOME!!!
Why is that so awesome, you ask?
The plot line for this first book (which I am so very hopeful that it will turn into a series) was about this Athena team going after a group of very dangerous men that got a hold of some very cool experimental technology from WWII. You do not have to be a scholar to know that the Nazi's were interested in a ton of sketchy stuff, none of which was main stream.
We are talking stuff you see in Star Trek.
I recommend this book to everyone.
People who actually like books about spies and tough chicks and real science with a little government conspiracy mixed in will enjoy it the most though.
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