When she learns that her oldest friend, Vidal Noyes, is missing, Gale Blackburn wastes no time reviving her commando past to search for him. A recent conversation with Vidal leads her to conclude that he's been kidnapped by conspirators, actually Vidal's co-workers at NASA, in an attempt to steal the plans for his most recent invention. Using a garbage bag of money which Vidal keeps in a secret closet, Gale hires a "reformed" drug smuggler to search the islands and ocean around Florida. She then employs an Everglades Indian and a militia group to help her search for Vidal on land. Once Vidal is located, Gale tackles the problem of identifying all the conspirators and keeping Vidal, who has faked a loss of memory about the kidnapping, from being killed to cover up the crime. Simultaneously, Gale tries to prevent her lover, lawyer Derek Greene, from learning that being a law-abiding citizen is the least of her concerns as she struggles to save Vidal.Evalyn Anderson lives in Vero Beach, Florida. Her previous books include another "Gale Blackburn novel," Vampires Don't Backpack, and Cairo, 1967- A Dangerous Place for an American. She is currently working on another installment in the Blackburn series, Publisher's Web site: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheNASAConspiracy.html