Athena, a novel

William Eisner

ISBN 10: 1890279188 / ISBN 13: 9781890279189

Published by Rising Star Publishers, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Athena, a novel
• Publisher: Rising Star Publishers
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1890279188
• ISBN 13: 9781890279189
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Espionage and intrigue, love and betrayal characterize Athena. It is the story of the obsessive John Cole, a brilliant electronics engineer and ex-fighter pilot, and Tamar Lukas, a mathematically gifted young woman, as they struggle to develop a radical new fighter aircraft, Athena. Cole, the head of an aerospace company, conceives the Athena fighter, which uses electronics in a unique way to endow the craft with unsurpassed performance. The U.S. Air Force is skeptical, but the Saudi Arabians, in need of a radical new fighting machine and possessed of vast quantities of money, are receptive: they see Athena as the key to Arab military supremacy. The Athena project, like a maelstrom, will suck into its center America’s largest aerospace company, the Saudi royal family, the Israelis, and the U.S. government. In a masterful display of storytelling, Athena brings to life a broad cross-section of characters: Cole and his relentless pursuit of Athena, a goal that takes over his mind and becomes his white whale; Tamar and the wrenching choice she must make; the Israeli intelligence operatives and their need to thwart a threat to their country, and the shrewd Saudi Prince whose conviction that the Athena team is infiltrated by Israeli agents feeds Cole’s mounting paranoia. Athena is the window through which their souls will become visible. Athena, with its unique hero and heroine, its distinctive characters, sustained conflict, and international scope, enthralls the reader from start to finish.

About the Author

William Eisner is an electronics engineer. He has worked in aerospace as an executive for twenty-five years. He is intimately familiar with the technical, political, and bureaucratic complexities and intrigues that hermetic world, and how the world meshes with the U.S. government and govts. of European, Arab, and Asian countries. His first novel, "The Sevigne Letters" is considered 'the best novel of the year' by "The Roanoke Times and World News," and an 'elegant tale of suspense,' the "The Los Angeles Times." A collection of Eisner's short fiction, "Done In By Innocent Things," was characterized by "Publisher's Weekly" as 'cleanly crafted stories that snap with energy." Eisner's short stories have been published in over thirty literary magazines.