I just finished reading "Hidden" by
Eve Kenin. It's a sequel, but I never read the first book, and I didn't have any trouble following the action. The main character is Tatiana, a genetically altered super-warrior. Her one shortcoming is that she doesn't have much experience in social interaction, because she was raised by a computer and kept for years in prison cells by a psychotic scientist. Now she's after the scientist to kill him and keep him from harming anyone else. Along the way, she meets Tristan and immediately gets the hots for him, but she doesn't want to get involved with anyone and she certainly doesn't trust him (or anyone else). He may, however, hold the key to finding the evil scientist. The whole thing is set in the not-too-distant future, in a frozen area of the north known simply as "the Waste." Everything is described very clearly, so it's easy to picture the settings and all the action, but the plot doesn't get bogged down with exposition. I highly recommend it, and I'm heading out tomorrow to snag a copy of the first book, "Driven."