Taylor Anderson

New Cover Art for Iron Gray Sea!

What do you think?

This is the jacket description:

War has engulfed the other earth. With every hard-won victory and painful defeat, Matt Reddy and the Allies encounter more friends — and more diabolical enemies. Even in the arms of the woman he loves, there is little peace for Reddy. The vast sea and scope of the conflict has trapped him too far away to help on either front, but that doesn’t mean he and USS Walker can rest — and man and four-stacker must risk everything against a bigger ship.

Elsewhere, the long-awaited invasion of Grik “Indiaa” has begun, and the Human-Lemurian Alliance is pushing back against the twisted might of the Dominion. The diplomatic waters seethe with treachery and a final, terrible plot explodes in the Empire of New Britain Isles.

Are you excited?

The release date is July 3rd and you may pre-order now!

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Iron Gray Sea Release Date!

Hi All,

I’ve been working very hard and I am very happy to announce that book seven in the Destroyermen universe will be out in stores on July 3rd, 2012. If you are interested, you may pre-order the book now! Once we have the cover art all set, we’ll release that out to you as well!

As always, thank you so much for being such a great group of readers/listeners!

Amazon.com Preorder Link

Audio for The Destroyermen Series

Just wanted to announce that the English language audio version of the entire Destroyermen Series (produced by Tantor Media) will now be available worldwide! Get your listening ears on!

New Review for Firestorm

Lilyraines of Night Owl Reviews has reviewed Firestorm!

Score: 4.50 / 5 – Reviewer Top Pick

Firestorm is the kind of book that I don’t read often enough and then wonder why. A good part of why I like the book (and what I have read of the series so far) is that it appeals to me on a couple of different levels.

One, it appeals to me on the ‘alternate history’ level in that it is set during what is/was World War II and the author shows the divisions brilliantly.

On another level, it appeals to the SF/F fan in me with the additions of the Grik, the Lemurians, and other creatures such as the whale fish. I really like seeing these additions and how the different people deal with them.

Another reason I find this book (and the series) appealing is how Taylor Anderson takes “what if” something happened (or didn’t) and works it into what really could have been.

Finally, there is the “Holy Dominion”, how it came into being, how it was worked into the story and how things worked out in the end.

I would recommend this book (and the series) to anyone who enjoys science fiction, alternate history and a very good story.

More reviews over at Night Owl Reviews!

An Update to the Fan Art by Brian Alexander

An update from our fan artist Brian Alexander who sent in pictures mentioned in this post:

Anyway, in the new book I discovered a big mistake in the artwork I previously sent.  In the technology blog back in March there was some discussion about how the 25mm’s were at torpedo tube locations 1 & 2.  However, that obviously changed before book 6 came out like so many things need to do as a story progresses.  Maybe the torpedo tube mounts will be back on locations 1 & 2 as those heavy things would be more towards the center of the ship and will have room to swing.  Hmmmm.  Just maybe, but I guess I’ll have to wait and see on that one!  

So… I have updated my artwork with that change as well as a few other minor corrections. 

Kirkus Reviews FIRESTORM

Here is a snippet of the review:

The action, which rarely slackens, features splendid naval battles pitting destroyers against wooden-hulled fleets with cannons, land engagements where vastly outnumbered humans and Lemurians face hordes of vicious but none-too-bright dinosaurs, and inflexible Imperials terrorized by fanatically loyal Catholic armies.

You can read the whole review here.

LEGO Model Pictures: Todd Garrepy

This young man built the Walker out of Legos!

Todd says:

I mean i have been soo inspired that i even built a model of theWalker and im working on one of the Amagi. 

Model Pictures: Bill Early

Bill writes:

This is the 1/240th scale Revell kit of the Campbeltown. It was built to reflect the USS Walker during her voyage to the New Britain Isles.

I  added a photo etched detail set to the basic kit. Scratch built details include the blower, Coke machine, 25mm guns, various deck and gun details, and the Nancy. The bridge area was also highly modified and detailed.  Patch plates were added to the hull to reflect damage done during battle. Machined brass gun barrels were added to the main 4″ gun mounts.The Nancy was built out of balsa wood and sheet plastic, using the drawings on this site. The rigging was done using transparent nylon thread. The hull was painted overall Gunship Gray, with weathering applied by airbrush.

Some Excellent Fan Art

Here is some really good art done by Brian Alexander, CAPT  MC USN! Thank you Brian, for immersing yourself within the Destroyermen world!

October Book Tour Schedule Announced

October 4th, Tuesday:
Powell’s Books in Portland , OR @ 7pm

October 5th, Wednesday
University Bookstore in Seattle , WA @7pm

October 6th, Thursday
Books Inc. in Mountain View , CA @7pm

October 7th, Friday
Barnes & Noble in Huntington Beach, CA @7pm

October 8th, Saturday
US Naval Base Exchange in San Diego , CA @12pm

October 9th, Sunday
Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego , CA @2pm

October 11th, Tuesday
Barnes and Noble in Fort Worth , TX @7pm

October 15th, Saturday
New York Comic Con, Javitz Center

ACCELERATE TO ATTACK SPEED: Military Science Fiction

Military SF/F authors have kept readers at the edge or their seats by incorporating wartime experience and strategies of armed conflict into the far-future and alternate history worlds they create. Not since Luke Skywalker blasted the hell out of the Death Star have we seen such interest in war-inspired science fiction and fantasy. Perhaps a sign of the time we’re in (and whatever might be said, we all bow before Scalzi’s influence) people just want books about good guys defeating unfriendly space invaders and plausible visions of a future military. May the force be with everyone in the audience as Taylor Anderson, Jack Campbell , and Myke Cole, fire up their ammo and discuss this Semper Fi friendly subgenre of popular fiction.

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MODERATOR: Ginjer Buchanan, executive editor Berkley/NAL