{"title":"Red State Series","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks and editions in the Red State series.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"red-state-mars","title":"Red State Mars by Travis J. I. 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Scarred by World War III and its long, violent aftermath, they built farms, raised domes, forged alliances, and carried old grudges to a new world. Trade with the nearby Chinese enclaves brought prosperity for a time. But then trade becomes tribute—and tribute becomes force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Chinese armored columns grind across Karl’s Ramp and convoys are torn apart in the Chaos, Mars is plunged into war. The clans face an empire pressing down from above and rivalries tearing them apart from within. From isolated domes to the vastness of Martian plains and interplanetary space, war sparks into revolution as the struggle for hearth and home becomes a desperate attempt to form a new nation on an alien world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vast chronicle of clans and civilizations, of families too proud to yield, too divided to trust, and too determined to be ruled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first entry in the Red State interplanetary series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9798991641555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eReviews and Endorsements \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Tough-as-nails pioneer families and a great sci-fi war story wrapped up in a huge epic of Mars’s fight for freedom. Loved it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Larry Correia, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eAmerican Paladin\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMonster Hunter International\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Despite taking place on another planet, in a world of regular A.I. access, daily 3-D printing of goods, and commonplace drone usage, the Martians are faced with the same questions as our Founding Fathers in the late eighteenth century. They can live comfortably and peacefully with a collar on their necks and someone else’s hand in their wallets, or they can purchase the life they want with the most precious resources of all – blood, sweat, and tears. . . . \u003cem\u003eRed State Mars\u003c\/em\u003e is an American saga through-and-through.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Just plain cool.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Kurt Schlichter, best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eAmerican Warlord\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“The stakes of [the American families’] survival kept me invested as the story unfolded, whether it was on the Martian surface, up in orbit, or back on Earth . . . . If you ever wanted Robert Heinlein to punch you in the teeth and question your testosterone levels, \u003cem\u003eRed State Mars\u003c\/em\u003e is for you.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Upstream Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Corcoran looks at how our current cultural tendencies will diverge given the opportunities and constraints of colonizing a new world. I was caught up in the squabbles of those rugged individualists, and hoping they'd pull together in time.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Karl K. Gallagher, author of the Torchship Trilogy\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Summoning tactical acumen, bloody-minded heroics, bug-nutty creativity, and sheer audacity, the citizens of the Nine Cities of Mars mount an astonishing resistance that brings the Earth's two great superpowers to loggerheads and births a new civilization in the bargain.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—J. Daniel Sawyer, best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eWhen She Was Gone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Corcoran takes the classic Heinlein juveniles off into the corner where he roughs them up with reality, complexity, and a refreshingly even hand toward the difficulties of balancing governance and freedom.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—J.A. Sutherland, author of the Alexis Carew series\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Engineering and explosions—everything I expect and love in a Corcoran science fiction adventure!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Daniel Humphreys, author Z-Day series\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“What you'd get if you cross-pollinated David Drake and Neal Stephenson, but Corcoran has tapped into a vein entirely his own—part hard science, part political saga, and all high-octane imagination.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Rob Kroese, author of \u003cem\u003eMercury Falls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“This is a book about people’s love and loyalty to a place and each other. It gives us what a good story should: a perspective on ourselves and a view of where we might go from here. I am delighted, inspired, and even hopeful having read this book. It seized me, it pushed me, it scintillates with the possibilities of the future.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Daniel M. Bensen\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Readers who enjoyed \u003cem\u003eThe Martian\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eProject Hail Mary\u003c\/em\u003e will appreciate the way science and engineering shape the plot. This is not a story where technology exists purely as window dressing. The political stakes are high, the military threat feels serious, and the characters are placed in situations that force them to grow, compromise and fight for what they believe in. It feels both classic and fresh, offering the kind of ambitious science fiction that rewards readers who enjoy detail, scale and consequence.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Epic Indie\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“It is … a pleasure to come across a book which shows how we Americans, the only great modern civilization, now falling back in confusion from our own achievements, might get our society back on track with such works.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Blaze Media Frontier\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Most science fiction books are painfully naive about politics . . . But Travis Corcoran isn’t just an author: he’s an elected official who knows those challenges all too well and builds tension with the heroes carefully watching who’s talking to whom to figure out how a vote may go. And as for the battle scenes, there are some terrific fights on the ground and in space, climaxing with perhaps the most audacious attack you’ll read in a novel this year and a thoroughly satisfying conclusion.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Daily Wire\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eAbout the Author \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTravis J.I. Corcoran’s\u003c\/strong\u003e debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Powers of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, and its follow-up, \u003cem\u003eCauses of Separation\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Prometheus Award for best novel two years running. Corcoran is also the author of \u003cem\u003eRed State Mars\u003c\/em\u003e for Ark Press. He’s since published many other science fiction novels, and is also the author of hugely popular homesteading manual \u003cem\u003eEscape the City\u003c\/em\u003e. Corcoran resides with his wife and dogs on a 56-acre farm in New Hampshire, where he writes code, raises goats and pigs, and tinkers with cantankerous machinery, while also serving as a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e","brand":"Ark Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52002469937441,"sku":"ARK-1555-PB-1","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/1550\/0321\/files\/ark-2027-red-state-mars-paperback_b54111b1-907b-481d-a48a-e89843da9fee.jpg?v=1787796842"},{"product_id":"red-state-earth-by-travis-j-i-corcoran","title":"Red State Earth by Travis J. I. 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Those who died in the Five Day War had it easy—it was the survivors who dug out of the rubble only to face starvation, chaos, and bandit gangs who had to live through hell. In Texas and across the American South, five families approach survival and rebuilding from scratch. The Newcastles of Texas fall back on ranching and community leadership to organize and defend allies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Atkinses out of the Appalachians employ raw violence, while the Hollinses work their political wiles to help rebuild government. Meanwhile, the newcomer Mackenzies use repurposed tech to protect their trading convoys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe allied forces of civilization must face outlaw gangs and political upstarts who want to carve new empires out of the American heartland. From the space launch facilities on the Gulf Coast to the oil fields of the Texas Panhandle, free men fight to rebuild and reestablish civilization. Echoing post-apocalypse survival sagas such as \u003cem\u003eLucifer's Hammer\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Postman\u003c\/em\u003e, Corcoran’s vast chronicle brings to life a broken land where hardened survivors fight to rebuild a shattered America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9798901160503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 11, 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eReviews and Endorsements \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Tough-as-nails pioneer families and a great sci-fi war story. Loved it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Larry Correia, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eAmerican Paladin\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMonster Hunter International\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Just plain cool.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Kurt Schlichter, author of \u003cem\u003ePeople's Republic\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAmerican Warlord\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“I was caught up in the squabbles of those rugged individualists, and hoping they'd pull together in time.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Karl K. 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Daniel Sawyer, best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eWhen She Was Gone\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eRed State Mars\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Engineering and explosions—everything I expect and love in a Corcoran science fiction adventure!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Daniel Humphreys, author Z-Day series\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“What you'd get if you cross-pollinated David Drake and Neal Stephenson, but Corcoran has tapped into a vein entirely his own—part hard science, part political saga, and all high-octane imagination.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Rob Kroese, author of \u003cem\u003eMercury Falls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eAbout the Author \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTravis J.I. 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