The Athena Project

A Thriller

By: Brad Thor

Narrated by: Elizabeth Marvel

From #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor, four deadly women from the top-secret Athena Project join Delta Force as they undertake one of the nation’s most dangerous assignments.

The world’s most elite counterterrorism unit has just taken its game to an entirely new level. And not a moment too soon...

From behind the rows of razor wire, a new breed of counterterrorism operator has emerged.

Just as skilled, just as fearsome, and just as deadly as their colleagues, Delta Force’s newest members have only one thing setting them apart—their gender. Part of a top-secret, all-female program codenamed The Athena Project,four of Delta’s best and brightest women are about to undertake one of the nation’s deadliest assignments.

When a terrorist attack in Rome kills more than twenty Americans, Athena Team members Gretchen Casey, Julie Ericsson, Megan Rhodes, and Alex Cooper are tasked with hunting down the Venetian arms dealer responsible for providing the explosives. But there is more to the story than anyone knows.

In the jungles of South America, a young US intelligence officer has made a grisly discovery. Surrounded by monoliths covered with Runic symbols, one of America’s greatest fears appears to have come true. Simultaneously in Colorado, a foreign spy is close to penetrating the mysterious secret the US government has hidden beneath Denver International Airport.

As Casey, Ericsson, Rhodes, and Cooper close in on their target, they will soon learn that another attack—one of unimaginable proportions—has already been set in motion, and the greatest threat they face may be the secrets kept by their own government.

Lack luster

If your a Brad Thor fan this particular book slightly misses the Mark. Definitely not his best book. I still enjoyed the story as it's a necessity to continue the complete series. I prefer to read the actual books and allow the characters to develop in my own mind, however, I could only find an audio version. The narrator was extremely painful to listen to.

Different but good

while this is not a Scott Harvath book, it is still a good story. Lots of action and twists and turns. Definitely a good read for any Brad Thor fan.

Nazi super weapon updated

Fast paced and good character development. Story could use more work on theory but generally ok.

Anticlimactic Ending

This book was definitely exciting and it held my attention. However, the exposition was odd because it started with its focus on a character that you don't see again anywhere in the book. The ending was totally abrupt and rather anticlimactic. Had I actually read the whole thing (rather than listened to it on a long plane ride), I think I would have felt as if I had wasted my time... Good story but I'd rank the actual writing structure as a 1 (out of 5).

A Different Direction

Would you listen to The Athena Project again? Why?

Yes, the story is similar but with the twist of female operatives and thus new characters

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Athena Project?

The interaction of the "man's comand" being pushed by women doing a job without the typical chain of comand

What about Elizabeth Marvel’s performance did you like?

Good control of voices for specific characters makes it easy to know who is talking

Who was the most memorable character of The Athena Project and why?

can't pick one over the cast