Richard Phillips
5 SeriesRichard Phillips, an American author, is known for his science fiction novels, including the Rho Agenda series. A former Army Officer and West Point graduate, he holds a Master of Science in Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School. Prior to his writing career, Phillips conducted research at Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories for the U.S. military.
In "The Second Ship," the first book of Richard Phillips's Rho Agenda series, an alien starship crashed in New Mexico in 1948 and was taken to Los Alamos Laboratory for secretive reverse engineering, known as the Rho Project. Decades later, a second hidden ship is discovered by three teenagers in a remote canyon, who inadvertently upload its advanced technology into their minds. This revelation puts them in the crosshairs of the NSA's black-ops team, led by Jack "The Ripper" Gregory and Janet Price. Thrust into a dangerous world of government secrets and corruption, the teens become unwilling participants in a conflict that could redefine humanity.
