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In his ten New York Times bestselling novels, Dale Brown pits men and technology against impossible odds, in stories so vivid and authentic you feel you are part of the action. Now the undisputed master of military suspense brings back aerial combat expert Patrick McLanahan--this time at the center of an undeclared war exploding on the streets of America.Some call him a terrorist. Others call him a vigilante hero. Dressed in a carbon-filament bodysuit that can instantly harden into stronger-than-steel protective armor, a mysterious figure the public has dubbed the Tin Man roams the urban landscape of Sacramento, California, on a search-and-destroy mission. While some want him dead and others want him decorated, only a handful of people know the truth of who he is: Patrick McLanahan, the nation's most heroic aerial warrior, now retired, who for fifteen years risked his life for his country in the U.
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Former U.S. Air Force captain Dale Brown is the superstar author of 29 action-adventure "techno-thriller" novels: FLIGHT OF THE OLD DOG (1987) , SILVER TOWER (1988) , DAY OF THE CHEETAH (1989) , HAMMERHEADS (1990) , SKY MASTERS (1991) , NIGHT OF THE HAWK (1992) , CHAINS OF COMMAND (1993) , STORMING HEAVEN (1994) , SHADOWS OF STEEL (1996) , FATAL TERRAIN (1997) , THE TIN MAN (1998) , BATTLE BORN, (1999) , WARRIOR CLASS (2001) , WINGS OF FIRE (2002) , AIR BATTLE FORCE (2003) , PLAN OF ATTACK (2004) , ACT OF WAR (2005) , EDGE OF BATTLE (2006) , STRIKE FORCE (May 2007) , SHADOW COMMAND (2008) ROGUE FORCES (2009) , EXECUTIVE INTENT (2010) A TIME FOR PATRIOTS (May 2011) , TIGER'S CLAW (2012) , STARFIRE (2013) , IRON WOLF (2014) , PRICE OF DUTY (2015) , THE MOSCOW OFFENSIVE (2017) , and THE KREMLIN STRIKE (2019) . Fourteen of his novels have been New York Times best-sellers. He is also the co-author of the best-selling DREAMLAND techno-thriller series and writer and technical consultant of the Act of War PC real-time strategy game published by Atari Interactive and the Megafortress PC flight simulator by Three-Sixty Pacific. Dale's novels are published in 11 languages and distributed to over 70 countries. Worldwide sales of his novels, audiobooks and computer games exceed 12 million copies.Dale was born in Buffalo, New York on November 2, 1956. He graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Western European History and received an Air Force commission in 1978. He was a navigator-bombardier in the B-52G Stratofortress heavy bomber and the FB-111A supersonic medium bomber, and is the recipient of several military decorations and awards including the Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Combat Crew Award, and the Marksmanship ribbon. Dale was also one of the nation's first Air Force ROTC cadets to qualify for and complete the grueling three-week U.S. Army Airborne Infantry paratrooper training course. He was also an Air Force instructor on aircrew life support and combat survival, evasion, resistance, and escape.Dale supports a number of organizations to promote law enforcement, education, and literacy. He is a Life Member of the Air Force Association, U.S. Naval Institute, and National Rifle Association. He is a command pilot for Angel Flight West (www.angelflightwest.org) , a group that donate their time, skills, and aircraft to fly medical patients free of charge. He is also a mission pilot with the Civil Air Patrol, flying a variety of missions in support of the U.S. Air Force and other federal agencies. He is a multi-engine and instrument-rated private pilot and can often be found in the skies all across the United States, piloting his Cessna pressurized P210 Centurion. On the ground, Dale is a soccer referee instructor and enjoys tennis and scuba diving. Dale, his wife Diane, and son Hunter live near Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
