Except for his inclusion of the Athena team, which seems to be gratuitious male fantasy, it was an excellent book. The idea of a black ops organization operating without government sanction intrigues me; I really like that they go after not only individual terrorists, but the entire organization as well. They had carte blanche to do what was needed to get information from these people and women were not handled differently. I thought his main character spent a little too much time bemoaning his romantic relationship. And, even though Nicholas was a first rate cretin, I liked him.