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Dean Ing

Dean Ing

Author Biography & Works

Dean Charles Ing was an American author, who usually wrote in the science fiction and techno-thriller genres. His novel The Ransom of Black Stealth One (1989) was a New York Times bestseller. He wrote more than 30 novels, and co-authored novels with his friends Jerry Pournelle, S. M. Stirling, and Leik Myrabo. Following the death of science fiction author Mack Reynolds in 1983, Ing was asked to finish several of Reynolds' uncompleted manuscripts.

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Books by Dean Ing

Systemic Shock

Systemic Shock

(Quantrill) Start here

Ted Quantrill is a freak: he fastest gun in the West (and probably the world). After the total collapse of Russia, India and China band together (unlikely, I know, but...

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Single Combat

Single Combat

(Quantrill)

Single Combat is Dean Ing's sequel to Systemic Shock, in which a survivor of a devastated America and his wife are drawn into a fight with a ruthless enemy.

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Wild Country

Wild Country

(Quantrill)

Wild Country is Dean Ing's third Quantrill novel, a story of survival and self-reliance in a post-collapse world.

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