Tom “Bear”
Wilson was a career United States Air Force Officer with 3000 hours of flying time, mostly in fighters. During his 500 hours
of combat flying, he earned four Silver Star Medals for gallantry and three Distinguished Flying Crosses for heroism. He also
served in various roles as instructor, flight examiner, tactician, staff officer, and unit commander. After leaving the military,
Tom Wilson enjoyed diverse careers, including: private investigator, gunsmith, newspaper publisher, and manager of advanced
programs for a high-tech company in Silicon Valley. Tom Wilson is the author of: Black Wolf; Final Thunder; Desert
Fury; Black Canyon; Black Sky; and, Black Serpent. According to the book description of Black Serpent, it “is set in
Northern California, and opens with a scene showing blood-thirsty pirates taking over a fortune in gold that's being transported
by coastwise schooner (from mines farther up the coast) to San Francisco. The bad guys are renegade Indians, Russians, Mexicanos
and whites (all true), members of a bloodthirsty and terror- instilling group called Sociedad Serpientes.”
According to the book description
of Black Sky, “Teeming with helicopters, brutish thugs and tomahawk-waving Indians, this thriller
takes readers on a gripping, and rather gruesome, journey through the Northwoods of Michigan and Wisconsin. When Spirit Lake
reservation tribal leader Senator Eddie "Little Turtle" Adcock turns up dead, rumors surface that the revered deceased
may have stolen Indian artifacts. Officials from the Weyland Foundation, an organization dedicated to making the world a better
place, believe the accusations are bunk, so they dispatch agent Link Anderson, a half-Blackfoot Indian. Soon after Link arrives
at Spirit Lake, he learns of the Chicago crooks who have overrun the reservation and who terrorize the local people, and he
realizes that the only way to clear Eddie's name is to bring down the mob. Tribal council member Jenifer Toussaint joins
him in his quest and, eventually, a band of Manido-Ojibwe warriors makes a stand as well. Wilson writes with authority, and
his theme of Native-American exploitation echoes throughout.” According to the book description of Black Canyon, “A millionaire's
daughter has vanished in the Colorado Mountains. At first, Link's job looks like a simple case of search and rescue. But
when he realizes that an international criminal is also looking for the girl, he's caught in the middle of a terrible
game of cat and mouse.”
According to the book description of
Desert Fury, “A decorated war veteran accepts a job with a private foundation that protects
the country from outside tyranny. His first assignment is to hunt down a rogue FBI agent who has been turned by the Russians.
With the help of a beautiful geologist, he must also locate a missing author on nuclear arms waste. Together, they uncover
a conspiracy that explains both the motive of the ex-agent and the disappearance of the author--a secret stash of plutonium
hidden in the desert. Now they must find a way to stop the agent's attempt to exact revenge on the foundation which may
have deadly results for many!”
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