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Hollywood was betting a lot on this movie being a hit. It had a big budget and an A-list cast including Danny Glover and Dennis Quaid in the lead roles. To help insure it worked they wanted an author whom a studio chief called “Mr. Action” to rewrite a knotty script and novelize the movie. I, Dave, the “Mr. Action” in question, viewed the movie’s concept as a kind of serious “Twin Peaks” and part of a lineage of mountaineering thrillers dating back to the 1909 Where Snow is Sovereign: A Romance of the Glaciers. The script I got was titled “Going West in America.” I changed...

In the North African desert, during the closing years of the nineteenth century, a warrior chieftain appeared from out of the sands themselves, claiming to be the incarnation of the Prophet. He called himself the Mahdi, and he pledged to sweep the Infidel English colonizers of the Sudan and their Egyptian allies from the land, to scourge the land by fire, blood and steel until not a single interloper was left among the living. At the head of his minions, called Ansari or believers by the Mahdi but Dervishes and "Turks" -- a name for all outsiders -- by the British, the Mahdi rode, wielding ...

HABU PATCH It's the year 1992, the end of the Cold War. Yet danger rides the skies over Russian airspace as a last-ditch military action takes place below. The stakes have never been higher as reactionary forces, led by a powerful rogue general, prepare a counter-coup to oust President Boris Yeltsin from power and make the red flag, emblazoned with hammer and sickle, again fly above the Kremlin. War and peace hinge upon the successful completion of a reconnaissance mission conducted by a veteran US pilot and a legendary spy plane, the SR-71 Blackbird. Both plane and pilot have been taken ...

Chaos rules when an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon is set off in orbit, triggering the most massive power failure and blackout in history. The blackout, whose epicenter is New York City, is far more serious than any ordinary mass power outage, since EMP destroys unprotected electrical and digital systems, including computers, automotive systems, radio and cellular communications, public transportation switching and control systems, street lighting and other vital infrastructure without which civilization can't function. The EMP death pulse triggers multinational military and civil ...

An NYPD detective is recruited as a rail marshall by a brother cop on the police force of Paris, France, and gets caught up in the crime of the century. Trainjack is raw-edged excitement ... David Alexander takes the railway thriller to places that it has never gone before. SUPERCRIME MEETS SUPERTRAIN. Trainjack barrels along at a breakneck pace. The faster this high-speed thriller goes, the better it gets. SUPERCRIME MEETS SUPERTRAIN. Written with daring verve and accomplished skill, plotted with the deft touch of a master prose stylist, packed with surprises at practically every turn, ...

In his novel Brothers of the Gun, David Alexander has redefined the technothriller. What is more, he has succeeded in writing a novel that is not only a fast-moving adventure tale that stands on its own merits, but which has unearthed the story of an incredible array of pre-20th century military technology that has, in its totality, never before seen publication in fiction or nonfiction. The way he tells the story, these weapons might well give anything in today's 21st century arsenals a run for the money. But as incredible as these early superweapons appear, Brothers of the Gun is no mere ...

Machine Breakers is the story of the notorious Luddite Rages Crusoe, "as told in his own words." It takes place at the turn of the 20th century, but history has gone berserk and the era is not the prewar world as we know it. Instead it is a strange, dark, post-Orwellian world in which an almost 21st century technology is linked to a social organization that exemplifies the worst of the abuses of the 19th century's Industrial Revolution, and in which the teeming masses of Europe and America spend most of their lives slaving in mega-factories. At the top of the social pyramid is a relative ...

A novella by David Alexander Praise for David Alexander's Short Fiction "There are few story writers working today more vibrant, innovative and exciting than David Alexander. His stories jump off the page in fits of sensory attack, spiritual complication, emotional trouble. I don't know where he came from, but I know where he's going -- to the front rank of American storytellers." -- Frederick Barthelme "Alexander is a modern de Maupassant with a Kafkian sense of linearity, a Borgesque bent for the uncanny, and a unique pile of resources to draw on. ...His stories transcend interpersonal ...

God Bless America ... before it's too late! Germany to the rescue when Alt-Nazi threatens the US. David Alexander has penned the ultimate technothriller, a groundbreaking new vision that will set the trend for military action fiction for years to come. Alexander may be the first to credibly outline how why and when a crippling blow to cyberspace could be dealt by hybrid forces with destructive cascading impact on the United States in an unprecedented act of war. The New York Times called POTUS by David Alexander "...perhaps the best thriller of its type to have come along all year!" USA ...

In Under Attack David Alexander tells the story of the next phase of the continuing war against international terrorist forces. As the book opens, the successors to Al Qaeda are planning a bold new series of terrorist strikes against high-priority military, civilian, government and commercial targets around the world. Under Attack is not only an unforgettable page-turner ... it is also a warning of what might happen tomorrow if America grows careless again. David Alexander -- dubbed "the best damn action writer in the business" -- has a gift for extrapolating tomorrow's history from today's...

He called himself the Mahdi, and he pledged to sweep the Infidel colonizers of the Sudan and their Egyptian allies from the land. A secret desert war fought by few against many. A mercenary band of brothers pitted against a nation of warriors. In the North African desert, during the closing years of the nineteenth century, a warrior chieftain appeared. He called himself the Mahdi, and he pledged to sweep the Infidel colonizers of the Sudan and their Egyptian allies from the land. At the head of his minions the Mahdi rode, wielding his trademark, a jewel-encrusted sword whose origins lay...

Threatcon Delta: Assault on the Pentagon tells the story of how terrorism, treason and global organized crime converge to place the most potent symbol of American military power under the control of a determined and ruthless group of heavily armed and extremely dangerous men who can’t be stopped, yet who must be stopped. This global superthriller is based both on author David Alexander’s extensive and detailed research into the history of the Pentagon, combined with first-hand knowledge of the Pentagon's most closely held secrets by this veteran defense insider, all of which has been ...

When the lights go out, the crime goes down. High-tech criminals devise a method of blacking out the entire City of New York by securing control of the national power grid. Their target has never before been so much as touched. This time will be different. Way different. The heist will go down among the greatest robberies in the history of criminal enterprise.. The cops will be put out of action. The military will be out of gas. Emergency first responders will be stalled. The city of New York will be out of the vital electrical power its millions of inhabitants need to stay safe and secure....

HABU PATCH REVISITED Super pilot Dan Cox returns in Eternal Vigilance, a thriller inspired by today's global events and future technology, combining advanced super weaponry, international cloak-and-dagger maneuvers, and action sequences that are extremely cinematic and highly realistic. The thriller's title, Eternal Vigilance, comes from a fictitious ultra-secret military project to develop next-generation surveillance systems capable of clandestine high-altitude and orbital operations. The Eternal Vigilance program has developed a super plane called Black Magic. But the title is also ...

CRIME DOES PAY: CO-CO-CALEEVIO PULLS THE TRIGGER WITH A BANG! Co-Co-Caleevio is a crime novel that begins and ends on the mean streets of Gravesend, the toughest neighborhood of New York City's toughest borough and the heart of notorious West Brooklyn. It's a place where organized crime still rules and where wise guys have to think fast, hit hard or get whacked. In between, the novel crosses international boundaries and time zones with the speed of sound as West Brooklyn's most accomplished safe and loft burglar takes on a European job in order to pay back the markers held on him by boss of...

The classic View to a Dave -- and funny too. "The galleys arrived a few days before 911," Dave explained. "Proofreading the pages was an eery job.". As reviewer John Zupansic wrote in Fate Magazine: "Conspiracies and Cover-ups is a well-written journey through conspiracy theories past and present. The book is set forth in a conversational, sometimes playful tone, making this one of the least heavy-handed and therefore most enjoyable books on conspiracy I've ever encountered." This Kindle edition is now the official Dave-Certified version.

Author David Alexander brings his shock-and-awe writing style to the pages of this no-holds-barred action thriller. The War Pigs of the book’s title are an elite special forces unit whose job is to accomplish missions too dangerous and too impossible for other commando fighters to handle. Using realistic narrative and a bold storytelling style that flexes its considerable muscle as it barrels along at breakneck speed, War Pigs tells the story of theater warfare in a battlefield that might be one of the next future flashpoints of global conflict. Here, the US military and its strategic ...

A novella by David Alexander. Praise for David Alexander's Short Fiction "There are few story writers working today more vibrant, innovative and exciting than David Alexander. His stories jump off the page in fits of sensory attack, spiritual complication, emotional trouble. I don't know where he came from, but I know where he's going -- to the front rank of American storytellers." -- Frederick Barthelme "Alexander is a modern de Maupassant with a Kafkian sense of linearity, a Borgesque bent for the uncanny, and a unique pile of resources to draw on. ...His stories transcend interpersonal ...

Was ist New Leadership? Was zeichnet New Leadership aus und inwiefern unterscheidet sich diese neue Art der Führung von der bekannten klassischen Führung? Alexander Benedix ist Führungskräfte Trainer, legt viel Wert auf die Praxis und ist erfolgreicher Podcaster zum Thema agile und klassische Führung. David Kaspar ist Executive Coach und Entrepreneur. Wir beide sind seit über 15 Jahren im Führungsbereich unterwegs und haben Vieles erlebt. Auch viel Widersprüchliches zum Thema Leadership. Gerade deswegen befinden wir uns immer noch auf der ewigen Suche nach dem «Heiligen Gral der guten...

Welcome to Accelerate, the podcast that brings together inspirational leadership and actionable insights. Whether you're an accomplished Founder or Executive desiring to keep growing, or an emerging Executive just starting out, this podcast is for you. Our diverse range of topics will provide value for you and your team, no matter where you are on your journey.I’m your host David Alexander. As an experienced thought leadership strategist, I have had the opportunity to produce videos, podcasts and articles featuring startups to Fortune 500 brands, such as GM, Boeing, Intuit, and Pepsi. My ...