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The Daedalus Files: SEALS Winged Insertion Command (SWIC) Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

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Can you drop from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with just a hardshell wingsuit? Navy SEAL Derek “Tiger” Baily and his SEALS Winged Insertion Command (SWIC) develop an experimental Gryphon hardshell wingsuit that can do just that. Eventually, when the presidential front-runner is seized by pirates for ransom, Baily’s six-man SWIC team must hurtle around the world, staging critical re-entry for a rescue, challenged to solve life-or-death problems with only seconds to spare. Can they survive? Will they effect the rescue? Join Tiger Baily through all four adventures in sci-fi master Robert G. Williscroft’s Daedalus series, now collected for the first time as The Daedalus Files: SEALS Winged Insertion Command (SWIC).

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  1. Listening Length
    3 hours and 38 minutes
  2. Author
    Robert G Williscroft
  3. Narrator
    Trenton Bennett
  4. Audible release date
    June 16, 2020
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Robert Williscroft
  7. ASIN
    B08B4672YF
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 3 hours and 38 minutes
Author Robert G Williscroft
Narrator Trenton Bennett
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date June 16, 2020
Publisher Robert Williscroft
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B08B4672YF

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Big Dan
5.0 out of 5 stars Unexpectedly, WOW!
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2020
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“The Daedalus Files” is actually four novelettes presented as chapters in this slender volume. Derrick “Tiger” Baily and his SEALS Winged Insertion Command (SWIC) develop the hardshell wingsuit called Gryphon. Baily first, and then his SWIC team, drop from 80 km up from Slingshot, the space launch loop in the equatorial Pacific that Williscroft details in his novel titled “Slingshot.” Then Baily and his team launch into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) from Slingshot, and then drop to Earth, traveling at times very much faster than the speed of sound. Of course, they meet and solve a myriad of problems during development.

The Gryphon hardshell wingsuit actually exists, and I understand it is being developed for capabilities similar to what Williscroft has put in “The Daedalus Files.” The science and engineering in this book are real. The action is edge-of-your-seat from the first page. Baily and his team members are amazing warriors, and yet they come across as real people. The paramedic Apryl, who plays a role in Williscroft’s “Slingshot,” provides a delightful genuine female presence in these stories.

I won’t present a spoiler, but suffice it to say that the SWIC team drops into combat from LEO at 6,800 meters-per-second and runs into problems that need almost instant solving for them to survive. WOW!

If you like hard science fiction and high adventure, this is one for you.
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Mark VandeRiet
5.0 out of 5 stars The Daedalus Files. Robert Williscroft
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2020
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Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys hard science fiction of the highest caliber. “The Daedalus Files” combine four novelettes into one volume. They tell the story of Derrick “Tiger” Baily and his SEALS Winged Insertion Command (SWIC) as they develop the Gryphon. The Gryphon is a hardshell wingsuit that enables the SWIC team members to launch into Low Earth Orbit from Slingshot. Slingshot is the space launch loop in the equatorial Pacific that Williscroft details in his novel with the same name (“Slingshot”), and then drop to Earth anywhere on the planet.

The Science in this is real, the engineering is real, and the Gryphon hardshell wingsuit actually exists. You’ll get to know Tiger and his team members as real people and highly competent warriors. I promise you that you’ll love the paramedic Apryl, who joins these stories from Williscroft’s “Slingshot”.

You’ve probably heard the expression that the best laid battle plans dissolve when the actual battle starts. It’s no different here. When dropping from 160 klicks above the Earth traveling at 6800 meters per second, anything can happen. How Tiger and his SWIC team members handle the inevitable problems makes these stories tense and very exciting. Again, highly recommended!!
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chuck j.
5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing Sci Fi Adventure that presents the future as if it was now.
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2021
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I enjoyed the characters and story that takes you to future possibilities you've never imagined. Our technology advances to quickly and this tale inspires new frontiers of aviation.
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Kenneth A. Weene
5.0 out of 5 stars The masculine imperative
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2021
Once again Robert G. Williscroft proves himself a master of scientific detail. However fascinating those details may be, this collection of four short stories is ultimately about human masculinity. In an age of softness and feminization, a time when emotions are regnant and every child wins a trophy, Williscroft unapologetically writes of the masculine imperative to take part in events, to take effective action against threat, and, yes, to push oneself even into danger in pursuit of that adrenaline-fueled wellbeing that it the “true man.” If you like to imagine yourself facing danger with coolness and a can-do attitude, these are stories you will enjoy. And, the fascinating technology Williscroft brings to your attention becomes just an added bonus.
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