Fact Imitates Fiction

 Last week the Air Force unveiled their exotic new warplane, the B-21 Raider.  It’s a space-age machine conceived in the top-secret laboratories of Northrop Grumman.  Its development was one of the most closely guarded secrets of the last few years.
           
Or was it?

An equally exotic stealth warplane, eerily similar to the B-21, was also conceived a few years ago.  Its name was Black Star.  Not until the novels Black Star and Black Star Rising were published by Penguin/Signet was this exotic warplane revealed to the public. The Black Star's development occurred mostly late at night in the top secret bar of the Gandt enclave. It has been suggested that multiple cases of India Pale Ale contributed to the design.

How much does the B-21 resemble the Black Star?   Notice the tailless airframe.  The delta-shaped wing.  Notice how the cockpit and air scoops blend into the airframe. Is the B-21 a knock off design?

Perhaps.  Here's your chance to relive the tale of the Black Star stealth aircraft and its pilot, Cmdr. Brick Maxwell.   Black Star and Black Star Rising — as well as the other novels in the Maxwell series — are available now in e-book and audio.  Click here to find them on Amazon.com.