{"product_id":"battle-luna-paperback","title":"Battle Luna - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTravis S. Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTimothy Zahn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Z. Williamson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE EPIC FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE ON OUR MOON HAS BEGUN \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Lunar colony is a mining colony with only internal security capabilities. Nobody had even considered that there might soon arise a need to defend the colony from the Earth  But that day has come. Something has been uncovered on the Moon. Something important. Something . . . alien. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Lunar colonists perceive this great discovery as their own. Finders keepers and possession being nine-tenths of the law is how things are on the Moon. But as far as the governments of the Earth are concerned, they paid for everything on the Moon, so it belongs to them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There is only one solution: turn Luna into a battlefield  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Travis S. Taylor: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \" E]xplodes 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\u003eAbout Timothy Zahn: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Zahn keeps the story moving at a breakneck pace, maintaining excitement.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" Y]ou can count on Timothy Zahn for three things: clean, sparse prose; good pacing; and great action scenes. The first book in the Cobra War series hits all those marks in admirable style and makes for a quick, entertaining sci-fi novel.\"--\u003ci\u003eBlogcritics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \u003ci\u003eConqueror's Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e] is another finely wrought space adventure . . .  with] social, political and emotional complications, all of which Zahn treats with his usual skill.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Zahn paints every detail  in \u003ci\u003eAngelmass\u003c\/i\u003e] with gleamy realism . . . scientific dialogue that streams with starship hardware and military trooper talk . . . immensely appealing.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Michael Z. Williamson: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A fast-paced, compulsive read . . . will appeal to fans of John Ringo, David Drake, Lois McMaster Bujold, and David Weber.\"--\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Williamson's military expertise is impressive.\"--\u003ci\u003eSF Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy Zahn\u003c\/b\u003e is a Hugo Award winner and the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e #1 bestseller \u003ci\u003eHeir to the Empire, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the best-selling Star Wars: Thrawn series of novels. Born in Chicago, he earned a B.S. in physics from Michigan State University and an M.S. in physics from the University of Illinois. He sold his first story to \u003ci\u003eAnalog\u003c\/i\u003e in 1978, and immediately attracted attention as a new writer of science fiction based on real, cutting-edge science. Baen published his popular Cobra trilogy in one volume. His other popular series include the Conqueror and Dragonback novels. With David Weber and Thomas Pope, he is the author of novels \u003ci\u003eA Call to Duty, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Call to Arms, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Call to Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e. Zahn has written more than 50 novels, including the recent Cobra Rebellion series entries \u003ci\u003eCobra Outlaw \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCobra Traitor.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Z. Williamson\u003c\/b\u003e is retired military, having served twenty-five years in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force. He was deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Desert Fox. Williamson is a state-ranked competitive shooter in combat rifle and combat pistol. He has consulted on military matters, weapons, and disaster preparedness for Discovery Channel and Outdoor Channel productions, and is editor-at-large for SurvivalBlog, which has 300,000 weekly readers. In addition, Williamson tests and reviews firearms and gear for manufacturers. Williamson's books set in his Freehold Universe include\u003ci\u003e Freehold\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Weapon, The Rogue, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetter to Beg Forgiveness . . .\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Do Unto Others . . .\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhen Diplomacy Fails . . .\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of time-travel novel \u003ci\u003eA Long Time Until Now\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Hero\u003c\/i\u003e--the latter written in collaboration with \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author John Ringo. Williamson was born in England, raised in Liverpool and Toronto, Canada, and now resides in Indiana with his wife and children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKacey Ezell\u003c\/b\u003e is an active-duty USAF helicopter pilot who also writes sci-fi\/fantasy\/alt history\/horror fiction. Her first novel was a Dragon Award finalist in 2018, and her stories have been featured in Baen's \u003ci\u003eYear's Best Military and Adventure Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e compilation in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, her story \"Family Over Blood\" won the 2018 Y\u003ci\u003eear's Best Military and Adventure Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e Reader's Choice Award. She writes for Baen and Chris Kennedy Publishing.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 6.7 x 4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 25, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728740618303,"sku":"9781982125431","price":10.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9e3edb49e2cfd64b41d6c801efeb9b78.webp?v=1765119628","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/battle-luna-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}