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raids from F/A 16D fighter-bombers. But the Soviets go on the offensive and launch intermediate-range nuclear missiles. What follows is a dramatic, all-too-plausible chain of events leading towards the first nuclear war in space. . . 
    â€œBrown knows whereof he writes. . . a superb storyteller.”— The Washington Post
    â€œIntriguing. . . tense high-tech dogfights.”— Publishers Weekly
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    Dale Brown’s Dreamland (2001)
    Dale Brown and Jim DeFelice
    Hidden in the Nevada desert is America’s most advanced aerospace-weapons testing facility. Dreamland is the place where the nation’s top minds come to develop artillery and aircraft that push beyond the cutting edge. And where the Air Force’s top guns come to test them — on the front lines of a new era in warfare. . .
    The fiasco of a spy’s infiltration has the Pentagon looking for an excuse to close down Dreamland. To clean up the mess — and save Dreamland from the congressional chopping block — Lt. Colonel Tecumseh “Dog” Bastian is sent in. He’s just the guy to shake things up . . . and he does so when a situation erupts in Somalia.
    Into a hotter-than-hot war zone, he sends his own daughter, Captain Breanna Bastian Stockard. She pilots a Megafortress bomber — equipped with a high-tech, unmanned flight system that could make or break the future of Dreamland. . .
    â€œHe writes about weapons beyond a mere mortal’s imagination.”— Tulsa World
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    Dale Brown’s Dreamland: Nerve Center (2002)
    Dale Brown and Jim DeFelice
    Dreamland’s latest project is Flighthawk — an unmanned aerial-attacking craft. A radical, high-risk method has been invented to help pilots master the complex remote-flying skills required to control Flighthawk: the implantation, in the pilot’s skull, of a microchip linked to the deadly machine.
    Initially all goes well for the first volunteer, Army Captain Kevin Madrone. But the psychological stress proves too much — and suddenly Madrone disappears, armed with and a part of one of the most powerful weapons in the world. . .
    â€œNobody . . . does it better than Brown.”— Kirkus Reviews
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    Dale Brown’s Dreamland: Razor’s Edge (2002)
    Dale Brown and Jim DeFelice
    The weapon is codenamed “Razor” — the brainchild of the brilliant minds at Dreamland. It is a mobile chemical laser system with a range of 600 kilometers. It is capable of downing anything that flies.
    The destruction of an American aircraft over northern Iraq suggests the inexplicable and unthinkable: a vengeful foe now possesses this lethal technology. It is fear that draws a retired warrior back to the battlefield, and sends Dreamland’s best pilots to the skies to determine what the enemy has and to help take it away from him.
    But politics threatens to crush a covert engagement that must be won in the air and on the ground, unleashing a devastating rain offriendly fire that could ultimately annihilate a nation’s champions . . . and perhaps Dreamland itself.
    â€œThe talk makes Brown’s novels authentic. What makes them riveting is the rapid pace and headline urgency of his plots.”— San Francisco Chronicle
    â€œDEATH OF THE DOGFIGHT”:
AN INTERVIEW WITH DALE BROWN
    Interviewer : You began your first novel, Flight of the Old Dog , while you were still serving in the U.S. Air Force. What did your colleagues think of this?
    Dale Brown : I never really told anybody what I was doing. Most of them thought I was just playing computer games. The others thought I was wasting my time. I enjoyed proving them wrong!
    Interviewer : To what degree do you plan your novels before starting to write?
    Dale Brown : Probably not as much as I should. When I get an idea, I research it, and if I get some exciting info or background, I’ll write a short