Apogee (Ballistic Book 2)

A THRILLER RIGHT OUT OF TODAY'S HEADLINESMARCUS DORMAN HAS A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY—AND IT IS NOT ONE THAT REQUIRES THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE.The war for reality has just reached its peak.Two years after the Battle for the ISS, the world is still reeling. Nuclear blackouts fractured global power grids—and Marcus Dorman stepped in to rebuild them. Now, his network stretches across continents, threading together energy infrastructure, neural implants, and a constellation of secret quantum satellites.But this isn’t about money or control anymore. It’s about simulation. It’s about the very substance of our reality!From deserts to orbit, the Hot Eagle One Task Force races to stop Dorman’s next move: a quantum rendering system seeded with mRNA-linked human minds and powered by sleeper nodes across the planet. Somewhere inside a sensory deprivation tank, Dorman floats—rewriting reality one connection at a time.As astronauts battle in space, mercenaries clash in the Mongolian steppe, and a mysterious third faction watches from the shadows, the truth becomes terrifyingly clear:This isn’t just the next war.It’s the last upgrade . . . for reality!At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).Praise for Travis S. Taylor:“[E]xplodes with inventive action.” —Publishers Weekly on The Quantum Connection“A gripping military clash . . . packed with head-spinning action.” —Midwest Book Review on Bringers of Hell“[Warp Speed] reads like Doc Smith writing Robert Ludlum. . . You won’t want to put it down.” —John RingoDr. Travis S. Taylor heads up the cast of The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch and can be seen on The Machines that Built America on the History Channel. He has worked on various programs for the Department of Defense and NASA for the past twenty-plus 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 One Day on Mars, Tau Ceti Agenda, and the groundbreaking Warp Speed series. He is a regular on the History Channel’s Life After People and The Universe series. Read more