I recently finished The Autism War, by Louis Conte, a fast-paced thriller in the style of John Grisham or Dan Brown, featuring international intrigue, corporate corruption, and some seriously bad guys. Much as I enjoyed the book on those merits – the pacing is good, the plotting is terrific, and most of the characters are pretty interesting – the thing that really intrigued me about it was the fact that a lot of the material was based on real events.