The Ransom of Black Stealth One [Hardcover]

Dean Ing (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1989

Presenting the New York Times bestselling thriller from Dean Ing! “Crisp and clever, with breathless moments . . . the book soars!”—Chicago Tribune

The Ransom of Black Stealth One is about a breakthrough in stealth technology—an ultralight, ultrasleek plane that is not only invisible to radar, but can vanish without a trace through the use of computer-controlled technology. When a renegade engineer steals a plane, and takes the niece of a CIA chief hostage, the intelligence community mobilizes all its resources in a desperate race to keep Black Stealth One out of the hands of foreign agents.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Ing ( Blood of Eagles ) constructs this techno-thriller around a low-performance aircraft built from materials giving almost no radar signature. "Black Stealth One" is an ideal intelligence-gathering aircraft, and is equally desirable to the U.S.S.R. American intelligence proposes to guard the secret of Black Stealth's true value by letting the Soviets buy the plane from a defector, in reality palming off an earlier, inferior version. The plan goes awry when the real Black Stealth is stolen by a rogue U.S. agent with a grudge. Ing's combination of ultralight and stealth technologies is convincing. His plot development, however, fails to integrate characters and situation into a coherent story. An unlikely and uninteresting May-September romance between the thief and his female hostage dominates much of the novel, and the ending, while clever, does not develop from the body of the book. 100,000 first printing; $100,000 ad/promo.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Light and highly maneuverable. Made of filament and ceramic, invisible to radar. Able to change color to mimic the background against which it flies. The most advanced, stealthiest bird in the world. And it has been stolen from the National Security Agency hangar. Ing's thriller is a heady mixture of spy story and romance. Petra, the young and beautiful engineer held hostage by Black Stealth One's captor, uses her wits as well as her charm to survive and attempt to escape. Both American spy-masters and their Soviet counterparts attempt to locate, then to snare this amazing trophy. The novel is tightly plotted with interesting and attractive characters. In a season crammed with technothrillers, Ing ( Blood of Eagles) reminds us of the poetry and joy of flight, which give this subject its enduring fascination. For public libraries everywhere.
- Elsa Pendleton, Computer Sciences Corp., Ridgecrest, Cal.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 311 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Pr; 1 edition (August 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312034725
• ISBN-13: 978-0312034726
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,342,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Clancy's replacement found, February 28, 2000

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This review is from: The Ransom of Black Stealth One (Mass Market Paperback)

After researching a half dozen authors to replace Clancy, whose work I had finished, I chose Dean Ing and was not disapppointed. Set in the days just previous to the Gulf War, when most people became aware of stealth technology, Ing has crafted a fine story with real characters and believable dialog. The only criticism I have is that Ing's timeline jumps around too much. Ing has a gift for the analogous and characters are easily identified. Since I generally stay with one author until I exhaust their work, I'll be looking for Ing's other novels next. Glad to say there is life after Clancy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I have the HB., December 27, 2006

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John K. Wilson (omaha, ne United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ransom of Black Stealth One (Mass Market Paperback)

It is a good read AND RE-READ!
It isn't a new work, but it holds up well. "Stealth" for a private pilot; what FUN!
Gift it to a pilot!

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, July 16, 2011

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"The Laast Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" by James D. Hornfisher is a "must read" for all who are into real-life history and in particular WW II.