Ron Clark Ball (born July 24, 1959) is an American thriller and suspense novelist from McLean, Virginia, and the author of Falcon on the Tower (2007), ISBN 978-0-615-14016-2. A former Officer and Naval Aviator who flew the F-14 Tomcat and served in the United States Navy during Operation Desert Storm, his fictional novel Falcon on the Tower is a lauded debut suspense thriller that tackles issues of radical Islamic global terrorism and the establishment of a fanatical Islamic Caliphate in the 21st Century, and the collision of that caliphate with the democracy of the Western free world.[1][2][3] In addition to fiction, Ron Clark Ball has also written and lectured extensively on the increasing threat to National Security and damage to the Aerospace and Defense Industries by cyber attack using counterfeit and cloned electronic components and microchips manufactured in China.[4][5]
Ron Clark Ball | |
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| Born | July 24, 1959 |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Thriller, Spy fiction, Mystery |
References edit
- ^ "Lecture of Opportunity: Mr. Ron Clark Ball, author of Falcon on the Tower", Naval War College Archived 2010-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Naval War College Foundation".
- ^ Sundog Books
- ^ http://www.erai.com/CustomUploads/ca/wp/2013_16_The_DoD_Counterfeit_Threat_and_Compliance2.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.harrykrantz.com/pdf/New-Hire-Ron-Ball.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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