An American submarine hero’s sometimes irreverent story of Cold War action on diesel and nuke submarines, how he tested their ballistic missiles, and salvaged the Space Shuttle Challenger.“The book is like an old friend telling stories over dinner.” — Priscilla Bettis, Amazon ReaderLieutenant Commander Jerry Pait's semi-autobiographical collection of sixty stories recounts his thirty years in and around the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet. Ran...

Travel to space for the price of a train ticket—to the Moon for a little bit more.***"***Slingshot does for the launch loop what Arthur C. Clarke's The Fountains of Paradise or Sheffield's Web Between the Worlds did for the space elevator." **—**Alastair Mayer Author of the T-Space SeriesSlingshot is a love story**—about a man, a woman, another man, another woman, some gender bending...and a machine, the ...

An aging nuclear submarine—A lockout saturation-diving system—A handful of daredevil heroes!“Over the past few decades, action-adventure stories about submarines and diving have become a popular genre. Tom Clancy and Clive Cussler come to mind as exemplars. But Robert Williscroft really raises the bar with this book. Not only is he an outstanding writer, but he is also a ‘doer,’ having participated in the events described in Operation Ivy Bells.”—Captain D...

Braxton Thorpe has discovered a threat to the entire Solar System, but he has a problem: he's dead."There's interstellar travel, wormholes, aliens, and the threat of inter-planetary war, which, together with Braxton's personal and wider quest, adds up to one hell of an adventure. Not bad for a dead man!" —Sebastian J. Brook, Editor of Doctor Who OnlineFrozen at death, Thorpe awakens to find himself uploaded into an electronic matrix. Explo...

A scientist takes on the distortions and outright lies foisted on the public!"A much-needed antidote to the prevailing plague of desperate (and often groundless) pessimism." —Michael Medved, Nationally Syndicated Radio HostRobert G. Williscroft firmly establishes that the sky is not falling. By using scientific research and solid reasoning, he explains some of the most disturbing problems facing our nation including global warming, the safety of nu...

Three sapient species from two star systems warring among themselves and against each other—Humans terraforming Mars to accommodate extended lifespans—Two competing FTL modes—An interstellar federation based in Sol's Oort Cloud. Together, these form the matrix of a galaxy-spanning saga.*"*The Oort Federation: To the Stars *is one of the most speculative, concept-rich, science-fiction novels I have ever read." —*Professor John B. Rosenman, Norfolk State University

Jumping from orbit using little more than a spacesuit and a re-entry pack!"The Daedalus Files are four science fiction stories that blend the boundaries of fact and fiction as seamlessly as the late master, Michael Crichton. They’re the type of story that leaves you asking questions and discussing with your coworkers in the break room." — Dr. Dave Edlund, USA Today Bestselling Author, The Peter Savage Thrillers

Your mission: Stop the South African nuclear test!“The scuttlebutt is when you go to sea with Mac, you're in for a frigging great adventure!"— Professor John B. Rosenman (Ret.), Norfolk State UniversityIn early 1989, ten years following an actual 1979 joint Israeli/South African nuclear test near Prince Edward Islands, known as the Vela Incident, South Africa was negotiating the end of apartheid. The regime had built six nuclear bombs, but had anno...

A novel about the real thing and real events, not traditional Hollywood drama.**"**Secrecy and stealth are the watchwords as they must covertly lay acoustic arrays to close off the last remaining routes for Soviet submarines to reach open water away from NATO's prying ears."—George W. Jackson, Captain USN (Ret.)USS Teuthis Saturation Dive Team Officer-in-Charge Mac McDowell is leading his submarine team on a mission to lay acoustic arrays ...

Hand-to-hand combat with Soviet Morskoy Spetsnaz divers under the ice!“By far the most comprehensive and accurate narrative of the operation of a nuclear submarine I have ever read.” —Michael D. LaNoue, Nuclear Submarine Sonar TechAs USS Teuthis Saturation Dive Team Officer-in-Charge Mac McDowell leads his submarine team laying acoustic arrays under the Arctic ice, they capture an abandoned fully automated Alfa-class Soviet sub. P...

Told entirely from the point of view of an incipient spacefaring reptilian race whose two Apollo-like astronauts are abducted by space aliens (Humans). That's right—we're the aliens!"RAN: A Civilization in Hiding is hard, mind-stretching science fiction of the highest order." Professor John B. Rosenman, Norfolk State University.Humans and Asterians construct a huge starship, Andromeda, and set out on a voyage of discovery to the Cold Spot ...

Is Saturn's moon Iapetus really a derelict starship?"Hard sci-fi reminiscent of Arthur C. Clarke or James P. Hogan, with a geopolitical twist worthy of Tom Clancy or Clive Cussler." —Alastair Mayer, Author of the T-Space SeriesThe Starchild Compact is an adventure of heroic proportions, commencing on a planet 500 lightyears distant, arriving here just a few years from now, and ending up in the far distant expanses of the Universe.Is Saturn's moon I...