{"title":"Travis S. Taylor","description":"Dr. Travis S. Taylor heads up the cast of The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch and can be seen on The Machines that Built America on the History Channel. He has worked on various programs for the Department of Defense and NASA for the past thirty-plus years. His expertise includes advanced propulsion concepts, very large space telescopes, space-based beamed-energy systems, future combat technologies, and next-generation space launch concepts. Taylor is also the author of pulse-pounding, cutting-edge science fiction novels, including the highly popular One Day on Mars, Tau Ceti Agenda, and the groundbreaking Warp Speed series. He is a regular on the History Channel's Life After People and The Universe series.","products":[{"product_id":"apogee-hardcover","title":"Apogee - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA THRILLER RIGHT OUT OF TODAY'S HEADLINES \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e MARCUS DORMAN HAS A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY--AND IT IS NOT ONE THAT REQUIRES THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe war for reality has just reached its peak.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Two years after the Battle for the ISS, the world is still reeling. Nuclear blackouts fractured global power grids--and Marcus Dorman stepped in to rebuild them. Now, his network stretches across continents, threading together energy infrastructure, neural implants, and a constellation of secret quantum satellites. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But this isn't about money or control anymore. It's about simulation. It's about the very substance of our reality! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From deserts to orbit, the Hot Eagle One Task Force races to stop Dorman's next move: a quantum rendering system seeded with mRNA-linked human minds and powered by sleeper nodes across the planet. Somewhere inside a sensory deprivation tank, Dorman floats--rewriting reality one connection at a time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As astronauts battle in space, mercenaries clash in the Mongolian steppe, and a mysterious third faction watches from the shadows, the truth becomes terrifyingly clear: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis isn't just the next war.\u003cbr\u003e It's the last upgrade . . . for reality!\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101950415071,"sku":"9781668073186","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/534Qx2heq09781668073186.webp?v=1781075947"},{"product_id":"crisis-at-proxima-mass-market-paperbound","title":"Crisis at Proxima - Mass Market Paperbound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTime is running out for the inhabitants of Proxima Centauri. Unsettling discoveries there and at Luyten\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cb\u003es star now threaten both Proxima and Earth, in a new hard science fiction thriller from Travis S. Taylor and Les Johnson.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst contact with the seemingly impossible human civilization at Proxima Centauri is not going well. The Earth ships sent to render aid have not been able to reverse the contagion ravaging their population and, worse, many Proximans are now wondering if the humans from Earth are there for other, not so charitable, reasons. Can the extinction-level disaster faced at Proxima be reversed by the combined ingenuity of scientists from both worlds working together? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unsettling discoveries in the Proxima Centauri planetary system beg the questions: What if the evil gods depicted in Proxima's ancient mythologies were real and far more powerful than even the humans from Earth with their late 21st-century technologies? Worse, what if their ancient oppressors never truly left? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Travis S. Taylor: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \". . . explodes with inventive action.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e on Travis S. Taylor's \u003ci\u003eThe Quantum Connection\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[\u003ci\u003eWarp Speed\u003c\/i\u003e] reads like Doc Smith writing Robert Ludlum . . . You won't want to put it down.\" --John Ringo \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eStellaris: People of the Stars, \u003c\/i\u003ecoedited by Les Johnson: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \". . . a thought-provoking look at a selection of real-world challenges and speculative fiction solutions. . . . Readers will enjoy this collection that is as educational as it is entertaining.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This was an enjoyable collection of science fiction dealing with colonizing the stars. In the collection were several gems and the overall quality was high.\" --\u003ci\u003eTangent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMission to Methone \u003c\/i\u003eby Les Johnson: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The spirit of Arthur C. Clarke and his contemporaries is alive and well in Johnson's old-fashioned first-contact novel, set in 2068. . . . includes plenty of realistic detail and puts fun new spins on familiar alien concepts. . . . There's a great deal here for fans of early hard SF.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"With equal parts science fiction and international intrigue. . . . an exciting, fast-paced read that you will not want to put down.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eRescue Mode \u003c\/i\u003eby Ben Bova and Les Johnson: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \". . . a suspenseful and compelling narrative of the first human spaceflight to Mars.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102510321887,"sku":"9781668073001","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/wqU9egVpeB9781668073001.webp?v=1781083393"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/travis-s-taylor.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}