Ron Clark Ball

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Ron Clark Ball
Born July 24, 1959
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Genre Thriller, Spy fiction, Mystery

Ron Clark Ball (born July 24, 1959) is an American thriller and suspense novelist from McLean, Virginia, and the author of Falcon on the Tower (2007), ISBN 978-0-615-14016-2. A former Officer and Naval Aviator who flew the F-14 Tomcat and served in the United States Navy during Operation Desert Storm, his fictional novel Falcon on the Tower is a lauded debut suspense thriller that tackles issues of radical Islamic global terrorism and the establishment of a fanatical Islamic Caliphate in the 21st Century, and the collision of that caliphate with the democracy of the Western free world.[1][2][3] In addition to fiction, Ron Clark Ball has also written and lectured extensively on the increasing threat to National Security and damage to the Aerospace and Defense Industries by cyber attack using counterfeit and cloned electronic components and microchips manufactured in China.[4][5]

Health problems

Balcony accident

On March 30, 2012, Mr. Ball slipped on the balcony of a rental unit at the Pensacola Beach vacation destination Portofino Island Resort, suffering severe permanent injury to his left shoulder, as well as a concussion. After undergoing a failed surgery at the Andrews Institute, Mr. Ball's shoulder was diagnosed as being inoperable, and that he could expect to have a lifetime of pain and degradation of the shoulder and arm, and permanent disability. Citing the use of very slippery indoor porcelain tiles on outside balconies, a lawsuit, which is still pending, was filed in March 2014 against the developers of Portofino Island Resorts Development, Yates Construction Company, and additional multiple defendants as result of the accident.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Lecture of Opportunity: Mr. Ron Clark Ball, author of Falcon on the Tower", Naval War College
  2. ↑ "The Naval War College Foundation".
  3. ↑ Sundog Books
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  6. ↑ "Escambia County Court"

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