Athena Force is a series of adventure novels about graduates of the Athena Academy, an elite school for girls with special talents, as they combat kidnappers, terrorists, and the forces of evil. Published under the Silhouette Bombshell imprint, the first continuity of novels dealt with a group of friends who all graduated from the Athena Academy—each had her special gift or skill, and each had her own adventure. One of the elements that related them was the mysterious death of one of their classmates. [1] The second continuity told a different, less-connected story using the same background but new characters. For the third (aka "Arachne") continuity, the series moved to Silhouette Special Releases after the Bombshell imprint was shut down by Harlequin Enterprises in January 2007. [2]