Doug Beason – författare

By Kevin J. Anderson & Doug Beason. Activist Elizabeth Devane wished for an end to nuclear weapons. Surely, she thought, if they''d known what they were unleashing, the scientists of the Manhattan Project would never have created such a terrible instrument of destruction. But during a protest action, the unthinkable happened: a flash of light, a silent confusion, and Elizabeth awakes to find herself alone in a desolate desert arroyo ... and almost fifty years in the past. June 1944. Los Alamos, New Mexico. While the Allies battle in the Pacific and begin the Normandy invasion in Europe, Nazi Germany deviates from the timeline Elizabeth knows and uses its newfound nuclear arsenal against America. Somehow, someway, Elizabeth has been given the chance to put the genie back in the bottle ... yet could she—should she—attempt the greatest sabotage in history?

At the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California—one of the nation''s premier nuclear-weapons design facilities—high-level physicists operate within heavy security to model and test new warhead designs. But politics can be just as dangerous as the weapons they design, and with gigantic budgets on the line, scientific egos, and personality clashes, research can turn deadly. When a prominent and abrasive nuclear-weapons researcher is murdered inside a Top Security zone, FBI investigator Craig Kreident is brought in on the case—but his FBI security clearance isn''t the same as a Department of Energy or Department of Defense clearance, and many of the clues are "sanitized" before he arrives. Kreident finds that dealing with red tape and political in-fighting might be more difficult than solving a murder. Written by two insiders who have worked at Lawrence Livermore, Virtual Destruction is not only a gripping thriller and complex mystery, but a vivid portrayal of an actual US nuclear-design facility.

A footloose Air Force pilot and an unproven Marine Corps commander spearhead an elusive mission to rescue the President of the United States after Air Force One is seized in this action-packed high-tech thriller with “a gripping tale of military professionals doing what they do best” (M. E. Morris, Author of Alpha Bug).In an act of savage terror, the President of the United State is seized on Air Force One with its location pinpointed to a remote and hostile African country by an American space spy station. With the power to strike any where in the world in under one hour, The Marine Corps Rapid Deployment Force must save the day. With the help of the RDF’s secret weapon—the Trans-Atmospheric Vehicle flown at 15,000 miles per hour by the Air Force’s most elite pilots, carrying a deadly cargo of highly trained marines—it is up to one footloose Air Force pilot and an unproven Marine Corps commander to catapult their men and machines into the heart of Africa. Their mission: free the President and get out alive.

The fate of the world falls in the hands of Major William McGriffin when two self-styled revolutionaries, an American scientist and his lover, team up with a terrorist army deep in the heart of remote Africa and devise a plan to steal the deadly cache of nuclear weapons on Alpha Base in this thriller by Dr. Doug Beason, Chief of the Plasma Physics Division at Kirtland Air Force Base. Home to America’s nuclear stockpile, Alpha Base is threatened by the daring plots of a terrorist army from the heart of Africa and their American allies, Dr. Anthony Harding and his lover, Vikki Osborn, motivated by money, power, and their own twisted glory. As acting commander of the United States Air Force, Major William McGriffin must set aside his longing for the intoxicating freedom of flying jets to recover the hijacked nukes, which may turn out to be the most exciting—and dangerous—mission he has had yet. With over 30,000 warheads, if Alpha Base is penetrated, no one on Earth will be safe. It’s up to McGriffin, cut off from his command post, to implement a surgically precise counterstrike to retake Alpha, knowing that if he makes one mistake, the entire world will pay.

“Timeless and absorbing. . . . An astonishing and authentic portrayal of the military academy experience.” —Jerry Pournelle, New York Times–bestselling, Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author of Lucifer’s Hammer A military epic that chronicles the birth of the United States Air Force. The arduous training of America’s future leaders as they prepare to serve from the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of the Middle East. The first in the Wild Blue U historical saga, The Cadet is realistic fiction based on factual events. Populated with empathetic, larger-than-life characters, this novel will appeal to prospective candidates, military members, and the reading public alike.   “I loved it. It’s brilliant. Once started, I was never really able to put it down.” –Jack McDevitt, Nebula Award–winning author of the Alex Benedict and The Academy series   “Doug Beason has distilled the first years of the Air Force Academy into a compelling and fascinating novel. . . .The closest and most intimate account that exists in print, with all the turbulence and exuberance captured through the lens of fiction.” —Lt. Gen Brad Hosmer, USAF (ret), #1 Graduate of the USAFA Class of 1959, Rhoades Scholar and USAFA Superintendent

"Timeless and absorbing. . . . An astonishing and authentic portrayal of the military academy experience." —Jerry Pournelle, New York Times–bestselling, Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author of Lucifer''s HammerThe Officer continues the historical saga chronicling the United States Air Force Academy. Unveiling the arduous training of America''s leaders, The Officer showcases empathetic, larger-than-life characters set against a fascinating tapestry of historical fact—vivid, history-changing events that affect the course of the nation, ranging from cheating scandals at the USAF Academy to the Cuban missile crisis to the jungles of Vietnam.Praise for the Wild Blue U saga:"Doug Beason has captured the essence of the lives of the early cadets and graduates of the Air Force Academy." —General Ron Fogleman, USAFA Class of 1963, 15th Chief of Staff, USAF: first Academy graduate to become USAF Chief of Staff."Doug Beason has distilled the first years of the Air Force Academy into a compelling and fascinating novel. . . . The closest and most intimate account that exists in print, with all the turbulence and exuberance captured through the lens of fiction." —Lt. Gen Brad Hosmer, USAF (ret), #1 Graduate of the USAFA Class of 1959, Rhoades Scholar and USAFA Superintendent