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Richard Phillips is the million copy bestselling author of the Rho Agenda scifi series, the Jack 'The Ripper' Gregory series, and the epic fantasy series, The Endarian Prophecy. He is a retired Army Officer, West Point graduate, and has a Master of Science degree in Physics from the Naval Post Graduate School. He was a researcher at Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories for the U.S. military, a software project leader at General Electric, Lockheed Martin Space Operations, and General Dynamics before becoming a full-time writer.
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Richard Phillips Since The Rho Agenda is an ongoing series, there are two answers to this. First, I got the original idea for the series while my wife Carol and I were…moreSince The Rho Agenda is an ongoing series, there are two answers to this. First, I got the original idea for the series while my wife Carol and I were vacationing in Maui. I wanted to write a story that centered around a couple of badass special operatives who get sucked into an earth threatening intergalactic conflict because of the curiosity of three high school friends. I also wanted this story to be about the loss of innocence when young idealism meets the savage world in which they live. Second, I get my idea for each novel in the series by throwing out possible answers to the question ... "What else can go wrong?"
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Richard Phillips Hi Craig,
The official release date for the Meridian ascent on Audible and Amazon.com in all formats is August 8th. I will be releasing the draft to my…more
Hi Craig,
The official release date for the Meridian ascent on Audible and Amazon.com in all formats is August 8th. I will be releasing the draft to my Beta Readers in early January. If you would like to read the draft, just send me an email at Richard.Phillips@secondship.net and I will add you to my Beta Readers List.
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The Storm Is Coming – A First Look at DSAI of Darkness

To all my amazing Beta Readers. We’re officially underway.

I’ve just completed the first round of storyboarding for DSAI of Darkness, the second book in The Rho Agenda Singularity Trilogy, and I wanted you, the loyal readers who help shape these novels from the inside out, to be the first to get a look at what’s coming. This is a darker, more personal chapter in Rob Gregory’s journey. He’s lost eve

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“There are two kinds of people in this world: sheep and wolves. The politicians who lie hidden in holes aren’t wolves. They’re sheep, sending their wolves out to make things happen. Janet and I are wolves. It’s what we’ve trained you to be.”
Richard Phillips, Wormhole

“was a crime that this great country lost the will that had driven it to greatness. The fungus of apathy had crept in, an insidious infestation cloaked in self-satisfaction, a sense that things were good enough, that the country could rest on its laurels. Robbed of a unifying sense of purpose, it gradually surrendered its precious sovereignty to the nattering nabobs at the United Nations.”
Richard Phillips, Once Dead

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