Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The Athena Project by Brad Thor


With Brad Thor’s standard espionage thrillers of lone government agents and rouge Black Ops plotting to take over the world.
The Athena Project is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stale series of government conspiracy thrillers.  Instead of typical male dominated roles, Brad Thor’s changes up the elite Delta force of Marines, to hard trained female operatives with just as much strength and wit as their male counterparts.
After a terrorist attack in Eastern Europe and gruesome find in the jungles of South America, four of the Delta’s brightest and best fighters from a new top-secret program of woman named The Athena Project, are charged with uncovering a plot that has been set in motion from the after-math of WWII. Hidden deep within our own government’s secrets, The Athena team has to uncover a plot kept hidden by all costs. 
Interesting read and a definite pick up. The non-stop action of the world of Brad Thor is packaged nicely in this page turning thriller of women operatives who not only carry a mean punch, but have the looks to prove it. 
5 JAGS

The Litigators by John Grisham

Typical Grisham. Pick up any of his previous works and you have the exact storyline, plot, character development and climax. The Litigators was drawn out to to long and could have been shortened considerably to save the reader valuable time. The last 100 pages were the only exception to this tiring tale.
Large Law firm + overworked lawyer who loses control + Small Law firm up against Large Law firm + redemption + the good fight – Hollywood = The Litigators.
Please wait till it is on the clearance rack at local bookstore, discount book venue, or discarded with the trash. Still mad that I wasted $30.00 dollars for this book new. What was I thinking? I should not be too mad with myself since the last interesting legal thriller that John Grisham wrote was The Firm and The Pelican Brief.
1 JAGS