The Lives of Tao

Despite being saddled with a plot that sounds like it was written by an insecure 13 year old who's watched one too many Bond movies ...or maybe because, since that sounds exactly like me, I loved this read.

An alien race has occupied human hosts for their entire existence and has led them to greatness from Shakespeare to Genghis Khan. Due to a series of unexpected circumstances one of these lands in the mind of Roen Tan, a schlub of an IT worker. It whips him into shape, trains him with the help of a super hot fellow agent, helps him woo the girl and fight a pitched battle against evil enemy forces with all the witty, snarky banter of Michael Knight and KITT.

So it's a credit to Chu that every single set piece a story like this needs to have is dispatched with aplomb. You could probably write this book given the outline, but not with the same panache and joy that Wesley imparts. I wouldn't call it a guilty read, just plain fun.