The Lives of Tao
By Wesley Chu
My first non-sequel on this site, this book is about an alien race with the stupid name of Quasling who are the kingmakers and kingbreakers of our history, sorta ethereal creatures that need a human body to survive and live symbioticly with. Each Quasling is millions of years old and most have inhabited some major historical people such as the titular Tao who was previously Ghengis Khan as well as being the creator of Tai chi. The race itself is split into two factions; the Genjix who want to leave earth at any cost including the destruction of all life on our planet and the Prophous who want to leave without killing us all.
Tao starts off in the body of a Bond-esqe character before having to inhabit the body of the overweight, lazy slob Roan, this leads to a heavy training montage with a lady named Sonia who is much better at him at literally everything. All this training makes him healthy and good at being a soldier in this secret war but still a whiny bitch.
This book was really good, the opening chapter with the spy was a bit naff but it got much better with Roan, I would highly recommend this to anyone solid 8/10