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Captain Nelson A. Blish, USN (ret.)
“received a BS from the United States Naval Academy. After commissioning as an Ensign in the United States Navy, he
obtained an MS from Michigan State University and attended Nuclear Power School and Submarine School. He was assigned to the
Polaris missile submarine, USS ALEXANDER HAMILTON (SSBN 617), where he served for three patrols. Captain Nelson A. Blish remained
in the Naval Reserves after leaving active duty and attended the College of William & Mary, Marshall Wythe School of Law,
where he received his JD. While at law school, he worked at NASA’s Research Center at Langley, Virginia, and was licensed
as a Patent Agent.” He is the author of Ishmael’s Son and The
Taking of the King. According
to the book description of Ishmael’s Son, it “is a terrorist thriller set in today's
tense Middle East-West confrontations. The story entangles a decent, hard-working family man caught in a maelstrom of revenge,
a cold-blooded terrorist, U.S. Navy intelligence, and a jumbo jet chasing an exocent missile targeted at the president of
the Unites States.”
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