Athena a novel Author:William Eisner Espionage and intrigue, love and betrayal characterize Athena. It is the story of 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 figh... more »ter. The U.S. Air Force is skeptical, but the Saudi govt., in need of a radical new fighting machine and has vast quantities of money, is receptive: She sees Athena as the key to Arab military supremacy. The Athena project sucks into its center America's largest aerospace company, the Saudi royal family, the Israelis and the U.S. govt. The Israeli intelligence operatives try to thwart a threat to their country, the Saudis get involved and the U.S. government gets involved. There is a maelstrom. Let the reader discover the outcome.« less