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  • Slingshot
    Robert G. Williscroft
    Slingshot is a love story-about a man, a woman, another man, another woman, some gender bending...and a machine, the largest ever built. Slingshot is a mystery-about a missing aviatrix, a conspiracy, a true-believer. Slingshot is an adventure-about following a dream, the ocean-deep, outer space. Slingshot is about constructing the first space launch-loop stretching 2,600 km be...
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    21,91 €

  • Iapetus Federation
    Robert G Williscroft
    A moon-size derelict starship, global Jihad, a space-born federation of free republics, worm-hole transportation, extended Human lifespans, nominated for Nebula and Prometheus Awards! 'This novel piles mind-blowing concept upon mind-blowing concept, all of it rooted in rigorous scientific speculation and theory.' - Professor John B. Rosenman, Norfolk State University Althoug...
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    27,61 €

  • RAN
    Robert G Williscroft
    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...
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    21,59 €

  • KEID
    Robert G Williscroft
     They discover a Dyson Sphere under construction by microbots, but the bots are scavenging one part of the sphere to construct another. And where is the civilization that designed this massive project? 'This is cutting edge, hard science fiction at its finest. This broad-minded, far-sweeping saga is both realistic and daring. The reader feels that yes, this is what the universe...
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    21,85 €

  • The Oort Federation
    Robert G. Williscroft
    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-fi...
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    21,46 €

  • Operation Arctic Sting
    Robert G. Williscroft
    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 ...
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    21,59 €

  • Operation White Out
    Robert G. Williscroft
    Offers the closest literary approximation to real submarine experience during the Cold War.'I was mesmerized by this remarkable tale of derring-do.'- Captain George W. Jackson USN (Ret.)Recovering from his Operation Arctic Sting injuries, USS Teuthis Executive Officer Mac McDowell is tasked with laying acoustic arrays in the southern Atlantic and off Thurston Island, Western An...
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    21,42 €

  • Operation Ice Breaker
    Robert G. Williscroft
    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 lea...
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    21,68 €

  • Operation Vela Redux
    Robert G. Williscroft
    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 th...
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    24,93 €

  • Icicle
    Robert G Williscroft
    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 Online  Frozen at death, Tho...
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    21,59 €

  • Operation Ivy Bells
    Robert G. Williscroft
    Saturation Dive Team Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Mac McDowell faces his greatest challenge yet, leading the team into a critical Cold War mission. With a security clearance above Top Secret, Mac and his off-the-books deep-water espionage group must gather Russian intel to avert world war. Join nuclear-submariner Mac as he extreme-dives to a thousand feet, battles giant squids, and ...
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    21,42 €

  • The Daedalus Files
    Robert G Williscroft
    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 ...
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    16,67 €

  • Slingshot
    Robert G Williscroft
    Slingshot is a love story - about a man, a woman, another man, another woman, some gender-bending...and a machine, the largest ever built. Slingshot is a mystery - about a missing aviatrix, a conspiracy, a true-believer. Slingshot is an adventure - about following a dream, the ocean-deep, outer space. Slingshot is about constructing the first space launch- loop stretching 2,600...
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    32,46 €

  • The Chicken Little Agenda
    Robert G Williscroft / Robert G. Williscroft
    The sky is not falling-the global greenhouse in not out of control, the ozone layer is still there, and the Cold War is over! Finally, a book that contradicts the Chicken Little mentality by arguing that most of these concerns are scare tactics used to persuade the ordinary citizen.Robert G. Williscroft firmly establishes that the sky is not falling. By using scientific researc...
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    15,63 €

  • Icicle
    Robert G. Williscroft / Robert GWilliscroft
    Braxton Thorpe has discovered a threat to the entire Solar System, but he has a problem: he's dead.Frozen at death, he awakens to find himself uploaded into an electronic matrix. Exploring beyond the matrix and the larger GlobalNet, he discovers the Oort, a distributed electronic entity older than humanity, with an unnerving secret: aliens wiped out nearly all life on Earth...
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    17,92 €

  • Daedalus Combat
    Robert G. Williscroft / Robert GWilliscroft
    A U.S. senator—likely next president—has been seized by pirates and held for $100 million ransom. Derek “Tiger” Baily and his SEALS Winged Insertion Command (SWIC-3) get the call: a rescue operation with soldiers zooming in from the sky, the 6-man squad’s first real combat operation. Hurtling around the world in the new Gryphon-10 MK 4 hardshell wingsuit, Tiger and his team mus...
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    5,37 €

  • Daedalus Squad
    Robert G. Williscroft
    Derek “Tiger” Baily and his SEALS Winged Insertion Command (SWIC) drop from Low Earth Orbit to test the enhanced Gryphon-10 MK 4 hardshell wingsuit for combat applications. Every contingency has been planned. The 6-man squad believes it is fully prepared for hurtling around the world and staging critical re-entry, but challenged to innovate life-or-death solutions with only sec...
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    5,40 €

  • Daedalus LEO
    Robert G. Williscroft / Robert GWilliscroft
    The new armor-plated Gryphon-10 is ready to launch, and Derek “Tiger” Baily will test-fly it from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the first time, more than double the Gryphon-7’s best drop. Orbital re-entry in nothing more than a wingsuit carries extreme risks, yet Tiger and his team must rely on the numbers—and their own practical know-how—as they plan for the worst and hope for the...
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    5,54 €

  • Daedalus
    Robert G. Williscroft / Robert GWilliscroft
    Using a new Gryphon-7hard-shell wingsuit, Tiger Baily, irreverent member of the Navy SEALS Winged Insertion Command, makes a harrowing first experimental base jump from the edge of Space, the Fred Noonan Skyport 80,000 meters above Jarvis Island in the Equatorial Pacific. Tiger’s target, which he must reach to survive, is Kiritimati Island, a tiny isolated atoll 379 km northeas...
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    5,46 €