Saucer: Savage Planet is Stephen Coonts’s twentieth novel. He has also coauthored nine novels, written a nonfiction work, and published five anthologies. Born and raised in West Virginia, Mr. Coonts is a graduate of West Virginia University and served as an attack pilot in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. After nine years, he left active duty to attend the University of Colorado School of Law. He was admitted to law practice in West Virginia and Colorado. His first novel, Flight of the Intruder, published in 1986, spent twenty-eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, allowing him to start a third career as a novelist. He and his wife reside in Colorado. Check out all his literary crimes at www.coonts.com and follow him on Facebook at Stephen Coonts — the Author.