Black Sky

by William H. Lovejoy

Book Overview

Cruising at a 'black sky' altitude of 130,000 feet, in the cockpit of the newly engineered XSO suborbital jet, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Dallas Grant reports the explosion of a Poseidon missile just minutes after its successful deep sea launch. But then he uncovers a strange aerial attack by another suborbital craft of unknown origin equipped with military technology thought to be available only to the United States and the Soviet Union. A...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517158311
• ISBN13: 9781517158316
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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PART ROCKET, PART SUPER STEALTH FIGHTER, THEY MUST FIGHT A HIGH-TECH WAR TO KEEP SPACE FREE! Cruising at a "black sky" altitude of 130,000 feet, in the cockpit of the sleek prototype of the super XSO suborbital jet, U.S. Lieutenant Commander Dallas Grant reports the explosion of a Poseidon missile just minutes after its successful deep sea launch. His instruments reveal an aerial attack by another suborbital craft of unknown origin equipped with military technology thought to be available only to the United States and the Soviet Union. The most recent in a series of near-space disasters, the attacks are costing the great powers billions and eroding all global satellite operation and research. Emergency intelligence analysis profiles a plot by NESEI, Japanese munitions and communications giant, to control all black sky programs, creating a world chaos and economic collapse. Ordered to combine their 21st century black sky warrior strike squads, Grant and his colleague Dimitri Vidrov fight the ultimate high-tech war to free the newest, most dangerous frontier of all: BLACK SKY