Dean Ing has worked as a USAF interceptor crew chief, a senior research engineer in the aerospace industry, a builder and driver of sports-racing cars, and a university professor. He has a doctorate in communications theory. Ing is the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "The Ransom of Black Stealth One, The Nemesis Mission, "and "The Skins of Dead Men." He lives in Ashland, Oregon.