Travis S Taylor Books in Order

Physicist Neal Anson Clemons develops technology that could transform space travel and energy production. Working with Air Force astronaut Tabitha Ames, he becomes entangled in a struggle over discoveries powerful enough to provoke sabotage and war.

After apparent meteor strikes destroy his California hometown, hacker Steven Montana drops out of college. His talent for repairing unusual electronics attracts government attention, drawing him into classified research and the secrets behind his family's deaths.

This speculative defense study considers how humanity might respond to a hostile extraterrestrial civilization. Its authors examine possible invasion scenarios, military capabilities, tactics, and planning, asking what preparations could address threats beyond conventional national defense.

Mysterious structures on Mars herald an invasion by self-replicating alien machines that eat metal and build more of themselves. As the swarm spreads toward Earth, soldiers and scientists scramble to understand the probes and improvise a way to fight back against an enemy with no fear.

During one decisive day, separatist unrest on Mars erupts into warfare that threatens the wider solar system. Soldiers on opposing sides confront battles ranging from close combat to space engagements as competing political forces collide.

Outfitted with alien hyperdrive tech, the former ballistic-missile submarine Vorpal Blade becomes humanity’s first true starship. Its mixed crew of Navy sailors, Marines, and scientists heads out to scout distant worlds, only to find that deep space is far stranger and deadlier than expected.

A rumor of lost alien technology sends a new Vorpal Blade on a high-stakes mission to a world littered with ruins. Training green crew, juggling alien allies, and racing the Dreen to the prize, the veterans aboard must win a treasure hunt that could decide the fate of the war.

Widowed science journalist Kyle Leverson encounters an alien whose escape pod has landed near his home. Other survivors arrive in different countries, adopting human bodies and learning contrasting values that complicate their encounters with Earth's inhabitants.

When an off-world archaeological team vanishes after a likely Dreen attack, Vorpal Blade is sent to investigate. The crew must thread hostile space, face new bioengineered horrors, and decide how much risk they are willing to take to keep the enemy away from Earth.

A CIA operative uncovers plans to overthrow the government shortly before a presidential election. With revolutionary teleportation technology enabling travel between stars, American forces must confront a conspiracy whose reach extends beyond Earth into interstellar space.

This introductory textbook explains the development of rockets and the principles that govern their operation. Taylor covers thrust, momentum, propulsion systems, and testing, connecting fundamental physics with the practical challenges of designing and engineering rocket vehicles.

When the Ross 128 colony secedes, President Alexander Moore dispatches a naval flagship through a distant teleporter. Separatist forces prepare resistance, while the kidnapping of his military cadet daughter gives the escalating conflict a personal dimension.

NASA, a private company carrying tourists, and China compete to reach the Moon. Their rivalry brings political pressure and technological theft, but a crisis on the lunar surface forces the astronauts to confront a shared emergency.

Taylor offers his interpretation of the law of attraction through concepts drawn from quantum physics. Using popular culture, philosophical discussion, and personal development examples, he argues for connections between thought, human experience, and the physical universe.

Travis S. Taylor and Bob Boan consider the hypothetical possibility of hostile extraterrestrial contact. This nonfiction survival guide examines what humanity knows about potential threats from space and proposes ways to prepare for and respond to invasion.

Alexander Moore leads a heavily armed space expedition to locate weapons left behind by the artificial intelligence Copernicus. Abandoned installations conceal renewed threats, and an even more dangerous intelligence may be collaborating with another enemy of humanity.

Commercial asteroid mining promises a new era of space development, until an effort to move an asteroid brings it dangerously close to Earth. Astronauts, engineers, and scientists must cooperate to prevent their venture from becoming a catastrophe.

General Alexander Moore continues humanity's war against the Chiata, an alien enemy intent on extermination. A tip from another species points toward a distant planet where a discovery might provide an advantage in the continuing conflict.

Sixteen-year-old Barbara Winton joins Dr. Keegan Bright's young science team on the Moon. Building a crater-sized telescope demands cooperation among independent students, while hazardous conditions and the scrutiny of a reality television audience complicate their work.

As the Chiata prepare an overwhelming invasion, Alexander Moore searches for hope in the ruins of an ancient civilization. Meanwhile, his daughter Deanna, rebuilt with cybernetics after grievous wounds, leads armored marines against their alien enemies.

Taylor introduces the physics of light, optical beams, and lasers, beginning with photon absorption and transmission. The text develops the principles behind stimulated emission before examining laser technologies, practical applications, safe operation, and possible future developments.

Barbara Winton and the Bright Sparks enter a race around the Moon, testing their ingenuity against dangerous terrain and rival teams. When their mentor's underground research mission encounters disaster, the young scientists face a more urgent challenge.

In 2072, a lunar observatory detects broadcasts from Proxima Centauri and learns that their senders face an extinction threat. Earth's nations debate a rescue mission whose long journey would challenge human explorers with the effects of relativity.

Stolen nuclear warheads, missing spacesuits, and rocket plans lead intelligence analyst Amy Sue Harrington toward a threat to the International Space Station. A mercenary operation aims to seize the orbital outpost and hold the world hostage.

Earth’s rescue ships struggle to stop the contagion devastating Proxima Centauri, while local inhabitants question their motives. Discoveries suggesting that ancient oppressors may still exist complicate efforts to save the civilization and raise threats to Earth.

Designed for doctoral students who have studied graduate quantum mechanics, this text introduces quantum field theory through progressively developed concepts and mathematical tools. It connects special relativity with particle interactions, supported by chapter questions and problems.

Marcus Dorman rebuilds global power grids after nuclear blackouts while secretly connecting human minds to quantum satellites. The Hot Eagle One Task Force races to stop a system intended to reshape reality without humanity’s consent.