My Enemy's Enemy

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STOP THE NAZI A-BOMB.The past and the present collide when an international terrorist seeks to unlock the long-buried secret of the Third Reich's ultimate weapon in this technothriller from Robert Buettner.

In September 1939, Nazi Holocaust mastermind Heinrich Himmler conscripts brilliant physicist Peter Winter to devise a secret weapon of supreme powerand to create a revolutionary aircraft to deliver it. Peterand his Jewish wife, Rachel, know they may only be able to slow Himmler down, and not stop him from developing the ultimate weapon.

In modern-day Pakistan, the elite terrorist known as the Asp survives a U.S. drone strike, then undertakes a solo mission to penetrate Americas heartland to wreak destruction. Meanwhile, ambitious aircraft historian Cassidy Gooding and irascible Colorado cowboy Frank Luck unlock an aviation relics secret and discover the terrible truth the Asp may be closing in on.

Now high atop North Americas backbone, old secrets collide with new, and Cass and Frank must prevent the possible massive devastation of an American cityor die trying. If they fail

Praise forMy Enemy's Enemy:
"Finely researched and gripping, as well as incredibly well-written . . .My Enemy's Enemyis an impressive and highlyrecommended novel."Brendan DuBois, best-selling mystery author

"Buettner skillfully mixes actual history to create a plausible, terrifying story . . ."TheGalveston County Daily News

Praise forThe Golden Gate:
"Futuristic and imaginative,The Golden Gate,by Robert Buettner, sweeps across continents and centuries in a thrilling chase for the truth about longevity. The science is fascinating, and the suspense never lets up. Readers will revel in this terrific roller-coaster ride."Gayle Lynds,New York Timesbest-selling author ofThe Assassins

". . . reverberates with echoes of current concerns over biomedical ethics, religion, and political machinations . . . interesting ideas about life extension and the implications of technological advances . . . and . . . the underlying mystery and unpredictability keep the pages turning."Publishers Weekly

About Robert Buettner'sBalance Point:
"Buettner . . . conducts his thriller action with suspense and plausibility. All the separate threads balance neatly, as if in homage to the book's themes of balance between antagonistic polities . . . and [BalancePoint] carries forward nobly the kind of core SF tale pioneered by writers such as Anderson, Gordon Dickson, Christopher Anvil, James Schmitz, and C.J. Cherryh, offering entertainment aplenty with thoughtful meditations on how humanity can get along with itself or not!"Locus

About Robert Buettner and the Orphan's Legacy series:
Buettner goes well beyond . . . military science fiction . . . he understands . . . living as a soldierthe boredom punctuated by terror, the constant anxiety and self-doubt, the random chaos that battle always is, and the emotional glue that holds together people who may have nothing in common except absolute responsibility for one another's lives. Joe Haldeman, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author

[O]nce in a while . . . a contemporary author penetrates to the heart of Heinlein's vision . . . to replicate the master's effects. . . . [O]ne such book [is] Robert Buettner'sOrphanage. TheWashingtonPost

Entertaining. Buettner shows the Heinlein touch. DenverPost

Author Bio

Robert Buettnerhas been general counsel of a unit of one of the United States largest private multinational companies, served as a U.S. Army intelligence officer, prospected for minerals in Alaska and the Sonoran Desert, and was a National Science Foundation Fellow in paleontology. Buettnerwas Quill Award nominee for Best New Writer of 2005, and his best-selling debut novel, Orphanage, was a Quill nominee for Best SF/Fantasy/Horror novel of 2004 and has been called a classic of modern military science fiction.He lives in Georgia with his family and more bicycles than a grown-up needs.