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The Adventures of Rick Steele is a sereis of novels about a pilot and his companions written by American author Dick Enos and set in the days just after the close of the Korean war. Rick Steele ia dashing former USAF Captain and test pilot who after the sudden death of his borther;Owen, becomes involved in an alien plot to take over the world. In the process of investigationg his brother's death, he ends up involved with Dr. Kathern Gallagher,the beautiful Antrhopoligist daughter of missing research scientist;Hugo Gallagher., Gallagher worked with Owen at their New Mexico lab. when thwarting an alein invasion,(Terror from Above) destroyed all the alien technology, depriving the US of a quick chance to get ahead of the Russians. In retailiation the Air Force cashiered him. He and his best friend and newly aquired business partner Joey Campbell (sometimes spelled Cambell) opened a flying service in New Mexico. By the second novel in the sereis (Vengeance of the Wolf) Rick has aquired a continuing cast of characters that will remain with him for the remainder of the books. DR. Kathern(Kate) Galagher; head the anthropology departmen at the Univeristy of New Mexico. She is probably the greatest authority on ancient civilazations in the world, and the woman Rick loves. Joey Campbell, mention above, is Rick's best friend and partner. Joey is an excellent aerodynamic engineer, hold degrees at Mass Tech, Michigan, and Cal Tech. But due to his race, he was inducted into the Air Force as an airplane mechanic. He and Rick met during the war (The Yesterday Men). Professor Hugo Galagher;Kates father. Hugo is an electrical engineer. he worked beside Openheimer and Fermi on the Manhatten project. Thelma McCally; female genius, and Kate's assitant at New Mexico. She carries a page full of degrees, and despite having been offered her own fellowships at numerous Universities, She rmains loyal to Kate.