{"product_id":"ballistic-hardcover","title":"Ballistic - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTravis S. Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN INTERNATIONAL CADRE OF MERCENARIES DOES THE UNTHINKABLE--HIJACKS THE ISS AND HOLDS THE WORLD HOSTAGE IN A BLAZING NEAR-FUTURE TECHNOTHRILLER FROM TRAVIS S. TAYLOR \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDon't mess with our astronauts! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A Russian ICBM site is attacked just north of the Ukraine boarder. The \u003ci\u003enuclear \u003c\/i\u003ewarheads are missing! A Special Operations and Intelligence Community Task Force is rapidly put together to respond, but where it should deploy is unclear. A fire ravages a cosmonaut training facility in which five spacesuits disappear. And the Task Force finds a cache of detailed schematics of highly complex rocketry systems.The Task Forces reaches out to Dr. Amy Sue Harrington of the Missiles and Space Intelligence Center in Huntsville, Alabama. To Dr. Harrington, it all adds up to the unthinkable: someone--someone extremely well-funded--is taking aim at the International Space Station. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Colonel Vladimir Lytokov and his team of mercenaries aren't planning to bring the ISS crashing to Earth. They're taking the fight to orbit, boarding the station and hijacking it. As the ISS traces its path across the heavens, Lytokov rains down destruction from above, effectively holding the entire globe hostage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With all the rockets capable of reaching the ISS currently out of commission, the terrorists are untouchable in their orbital perch. But Lytokov and his men have overlooked one crucial aspect of their intricate plan: that astronaut Major Allison Simms is on board the ISS--and you don't mess with American astronauts! But can one astronaut hold out until the Task Force can come to the rescue? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Travis S. Taylor: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Travis S. Taylor \u003c\/b\u003eheads up the cast of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret of Skinwalker Ranch\u003c\/i\u003e and can be seen on \u003ci\u003eThe Machines that Built America\u003c\/i\u003e on the History Channel. He has worked on various programs for the Department of Defense and NASA for the past twenty 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 \u003ci\u003eOne Day on Mars, Tau Ceti Agenda, \u003c\/i\u003eand the groundbreaking Warp Speed series. He is a regular on the History Channel's Life After People and The Universe series\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.4 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698040279103,"sku":"9781982192020","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9c16f0d3a8828cdf19b7dcdb45c29b63.webp?v=1765009960","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/ballistic-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}