Test Pilot's Daughter II: Dead Reckoning - Paperback

by Steve Ward (Author)

Did you ever want to be an astronaut or take a ride in the space shuttle? Here's your chance. Published on the same day as the actual, historic launch of four women in space on April 4, 2010, this novel follows Christina Matthews on her destiny to become NASA's youngest Astronaut Commander. Michael Jacobs, a bright young colleague, helps Christina unravel a terrorist attack and fight a nuclear battle in orbit. She is pitted between a NASA conspiracy and a terrorist plot to bring the world's greatest power to her knees. As Christina hopes to be the first astronaut on Mars, her dreams are interrupted by family tragedy and a war with Iranian terrorists. Will space shuttle disaster, torture and mental calamity rein back the dreams of the best female pilot who ever lived? Or will true love conquer all? An action-packed thriller loaded with suspense, this story depicts real life scenes of death-defying bravery in the cockpit and exposes the untold traumas of space travel.

Author Biography

After a career in laser science and spacecraft research, Steve Ward spent the last decade writing, editing and flying. He teaches Creative Writing at Brenau University and edits novels freelance. With one book published, Holy Enigma, University Press, he has won writing awards from Writer's Digest and NASA Innovations. Amid many articles published in technical journals, both his fiction books are adventures in aviation. Steve Ward lives north of Atlanta, Georgia on Lake Lanier at the foothills of the Smoky Mountains.