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"Savvy characters and technical details in this thrilling suspense."
Reviewed by Shayne Sawyer
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted February 16, 2004

A Chinese spacecraft is shot out of the sky from space. Then the American space shuttle, Liberty, is blown out of the sky, killing the astronauts. Nolan Kilkenny's girlfriend, Kelsey Newton, is aboard the International Space Station when a man appears at the window. He's the remarkable lone survivor Read more...

"Fine commercial espionage thriller"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted February 23, 2004

The Chinese launch the Shenzou 7 spaceship with a private corporation paying them to launch a commercial satellite into orbit. C.J. Skye of Skye Aerospace destroys the spaceship using a laser beam that is on the Zeus 1 satellite that she launched years ago. C.J. wants to be Read more...

Summary

In space, a technological nightmare orbits the Earth, stalking its prey. Sheathed in a black multifaceted skin, a secret all but invisible against the darkness of space, the killer satellite hunts with one of the deadliest weapons ever created. It is Zeus -- and like the god of myth it hurls lightning from the heavens. Astronaut Kelsey Newton and her crewmates aboard the International Space Station have just settled in for a six- month mission when they discover the existence of Zeus. Alone and defenseless in orbit, the astronauts report what they know, even at the risk of becoming a target themselves. The job of finding out who placed the weapon in space falls to Kelsey's fiancé, ex-Navy SEAL Nolan Kilkenny. Racing against time, Kilkenny must search through the wreckage of the past and find the key to disarming Zeus if he's going to save the love of his life -- and opposing him is an army of mercenary killers and a megalomaniacal tycoon whose craving for power will plunge the world into chaos.