Leon Shaffer

B3: Valkyrie Incarnate Leon Shaffer

The Chinese KGB sends a stunningly beautiful spy to the USA to steal the design secrets of an extremely revolutionary futuristic bomber: the B3. She entices a greedy high level engineering executive into a web of espionage with offers he can''t refuse. Two engineering managers discover an apparent conspiracy. The spy, thinking the two have discovered his activities, overhears their discussion of their deep sea fishing trip reservations and invites himself along. He and his Chinese lover plot the demise of the two to take place on the trip. The deadly climax occurs on a Marlin fishing yacht in the Gulf of California 20 miles off the coast of Cabo San Lucas. This fictional novel looks inside the curtain of secrecy of multi-billion dollar development contracts for military aircraft. It follows the professional and private lives of highly talented engineers and airplane designers who are the prime movers of the evolution of these aircraft from concept to reality. It''s genre is a combination of espionage, mystery, chronicle, and saga. There is no classified information in this novel.