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Dean Ing (born 1931) is an American author, who usually writes in the science fiction and techno-thriller genres.Dean Charles Ing was formerly a member of the United States Air Force, an aerospace engineer, and a university professor who holds a doctorate in communications theory. He has been a professional writer since 1977. Following the death of science fiction author Mack Reynolds in 1983, Ing was asked to finish several of Reynolds' uncompleted manuscripts.A novel of post-holocaust AmericaFight for life in streamlined America!1995: Scorse of our cities are vaporized, everwhere chaos reigns.In all of America only one major social unit was prepared for the Mormons. In Utah Civil Defense is a religious now every practicing Mormon is crowded into a warren of bunkers underneath Salt Lake City with a year's supply of food, medicine—and weapons.Small wonder then if when America begins to dig itself out it looks to a Mormon President for leadership. Small wonder too if the Mormon hieracrchy yields to the siren call of religious dictatorship...

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.