Taylor Anderson has a Master's Degree in History and has taught that subject at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. He is a voracious consumer of literature of every description and a careful and meticulous historian. Besides his academic accomplishments, he is a gun maker and forensic ballistic archaeologist, having collaborated with numerous museums as well as the National Parks Service and the United States Army. He is a technical and dialogue consultant for movies and documentaries and has even done some acting.
He is a member of the National Historical Honor Society and the United States Field Artillery Association—from which he was awarded the Honorable Order of St. Barbara. He owns a collection of 18th and 19th century artillery pieces and fires them for movie sound, documentaries, competition, and fun. His cannons (and sometimes himself) have appeared in many films.
As a sailor, he is conversant in the capricious vagaries of the weather and the sea and as a historian, he is trained to research what he is unable to experience first-hand. He loves old music, old trucks, old guns, and old dogs—but would give everything he has to go into space.
Modern Era Naval Fiction |
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| Series: Destroyermen | ||
| Year | Book | Comment |
| Into the Storm | The USS Walker emerges in an alternate world | |
| Crusade | The Lemurians are outnumbered and even the Walker cannot turn the tide of battle | |
| Maelstrom | The Japanese juggernaut Amagi, also trapped in the strange world, is under Grik control | |
| Distant Thunders | A strange ship crewed by the descendants of British East Indiamen arrives | |
| Rising Tides | Reddy incurs the enmity of the Holy Dominion, displaced colonial Spaniards | |
| Firestorm | The Allies and the Empire of New Britain Isles stand united against attacks | |
| Iron Gray Sea | Reddy sails off in pursuit of Hidoiame , a rogue Japanese destroyer | |
| Storm Surge | The Alliance is on the offensive everywhere, but their enemies have a few surprises | |
| Deadly Shores | The long-planned raid on the heart of the Grik Empire has grown more ambitious | |
| Straits of Hell | As the war teeters on a knife-edge, a tipping point may have been reached at last | |
| Blood In the Water | What Reddy’s crew unearths may be more than they can handle | |
| Devil's Due | Reddy’s family and allies are held prisoner by the mad General Kurokawa | |
| River of Bones | Reddy takes command of a different ship | |
| Pass of Fire | USS Walker lead the greatest army the humans and their allies have ever assembled | |
| Winds of Wrath | Reddy must still steam his battered old ship halfway around the world | |
The author’s official web site is taylorandersonauthor.com