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~ The
Athena
Factor~
by
W.
Michael
Gear
SUSPENSE
/
THRILLER
"Dr.
Frankenstein
has
at
last
perfected
his
art
and
hung
out
his
shingle
in
Hollywood.
"The
Athena
Facor"
is
a
hell
of
a
novel."---Stephen
Coonts
"In
"The
Athena
Factor,"
Michael
Gear
has
transformed
America's
obsession
with
Hollywood
beauty
into
an
epic
thriller
of
transcendent
terror.
I
thought
the
world
would
come
to
an
end
with
comet
strikes,
mushroom
clouds,
and
apocalyptic
plagues.
I
never
dreamed
we'd
overwhelm
the
earth
with
J-Lo
look-alikes
and
George
Clooney
clones."-Jack
Anderson,
Pulitzer
Prize
winning
journalist
Published
by Forge
Paperbacks
Books
(USA)
1st
ed.
standard
sized
Paperback.
Out
of
Print
Mass
Market
Paperback:
544
pages
Publisher:
Forge;
Reprint
edition
(17
Jul
2006)
Language
English
ISBN-10:
0765350238
ISBN-13:
978-0765350237
Product
Dimensions:
17
x
10.7
x
3.3
cm
Condition:
Excellent
Weight:
250grams
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Title:
The
Athena
Factor
Author(s):
W.
Michael
Gear
ISBN:
0-7653-5023-8
/
978-0-7653-5023-7
(USA
edition)
Publisher:
Forge
Books
BOOK
SYNOPSIS
from
back
of
book
Bizarre
celebrity
thefts
are
occurring
all
over
the
world:
A
piece
of
hair
from
John
Lennon,
Julia
Roberts'
bed
linens,
and
Sheela
Marks,
Hollywood's
hottest
actress,
is
constantly
being
approached
in
odd
ways
by
obsessed
fans
literally
out
for
a
piece
of
her.
Paranoid
and
desperate
for
her
own
safety,
she
turns
to
her
security
expert,
ex-Marine
Lymon
Bridges,
who
must
match
wits
with
his
most
formidable
opponent
yet.
One
of
Bridges's
new
recruits,
Christal
Anaya,
was
a
hot
shot
FBI
agent
who
recently
lost
her
job
due
to
a
major
slip-up
during
one
of
the
agencies
most
sought
after
cases.
Now
Bridges
hopes
to
use
her
investigative
expertise
to
unveil
the
perpetrator
behind
these
"attacks."
But
what
she
finds
is
far
stranger
than
anything
coming
out
of
Hollywood.
A
major
genetics
firm
has
been
all
over
the
world,
kidnapping
the
best
genetic
scientists
to
use
their
expertise
in
a
bizarre
black
market
trade
of
celebrity
DNA,
and
its
megalomaniacal
mastermind
will
stop
at
nothing
until
the
world
is
as
beautiful
as
Hollywood's
A-list.
Synopsis
Sheela
Marks
is
one
of
Hollywood's
hottest
actresses,
earning
$20
million
a
picture.
As
she
returns
to
her
hotel
after
winning
her
first
Academy
Award,
she
is
attacked
by
a
man
wielding
what
seems
to
be
a
syringe.
Sheela's
entourage
manages
to
shield
her
from
the
attacker,
but
he
gets
away
unharmed.
Daily
headlines
tell
of
attacks
on
celebrities
and
odd
thefts-stolen
bed
sheets,
a
lock
of
hair.
Sheela
turns
to
her
head
of
security,
Lymon
Bridges,
for
protection.
Bridges,
a
former
FBI
agent,
vows
that
Sheela
will
never
fall
victim
to
these
bizarre
attacks.
But
everywhere
the
actress
goes,
strange
encounters
occur
and
it
is
clear
to
Bridges
that
the
attackers
won't
stop
until
they
get
what
they're
after...whatever
it
is.
Anxious
to
uncover
the
truth
behind
the
string
of
A-list
celebrity
assaults,
Bridges
hires
private
investigator
Christal
Anaya.
Anaya
was
a
young
FBI
hot
shot
when
a
major
slip-up
cost
her
one
of
the
agency's
most
important
cases
and
her
job.
Desperate
for
action,
Anaya
takes
the
job,
but
soon
finds
that
Hollywood
is
far
stranger
than
anything
she
saw
in
her
days
with
the
Bureau.
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