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By Rob Lebow, bestselling author and named One of the Top 100 Thought
Leaders in the World by Leadership Excellence – Magazine November 2007 I was first introduced to Norm Noble’s writing prowess with his book called Changing of the Gods, an historical novel about the intrigue and deceptions of unscrupulous promoters in digging a canal across the Peloponnesian Isthmus. This area of the world, where Olympia hosted the first Olympic Games that originated there in 776 BC, and the place of Zeus and the once-thriving cities of the ancient Greeks, has lost none of its appeal in Noble’s well documented book that brings back the flavor of those times of Hermes of Praxiteles. Not only was that work well designed to hold one’s interest, but readers will also learn much about this formative time period. Now, Norm Noble has done it again, by writing a mystery of intrigue around the aerospace industry of the 1970’s in a new book entitled Prophet. This novel is a page-turner, and pulls you in as a reader, about the military industrial espionage business relating to the sophistication of the ground hugging radar that allowed pilots to fly the then—unannounced Stealth bombers at literally ground zero; flying at 500 plus miles per hour just feet off the ground undetectable to enemy radar installations. The book offers a dark sided picture of American industry that warns us of the ever-impending threats, in-house rivalries and petty jealousies that we face from lots of folks who certainly don’t have America’s best interest at heart. The development of several leading characters helps the work immensely, and frames these historic events that I knew little about. So, my recommendation is
two fold. If you’re looking for some great fun books to capture your
imagination, and also to learn some new facts about our human history of
intrigue and technology, then both Prophet
and Changing of the Gods should find
their way on the short stack of books beside your bed or on the table next to
your favorite easy chair.
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