Synopsis: Time travel extremists attempt to destroy Utopia by crashing an orbital city of 500,000 onto a Muslim planet. Only four officers from a detachment of Federal Marshals survive. How they recover from the devastation is the gist of the story, but they're not fictional characters. The four are real historical heroes extracted from the 1800s for their valor as the most famous Texas Rangers of all time. Long Description: Attack on Orbital 454 is a science fiction novella based on the eventful chapter by the same title in Mark Clay Grove’s first novel, The Serapis Fraktur: The Conglomerate Series (2013). New characters are added to the original cast; otherwise every aspect of the original Utopian novel’s mid-25th century timeline remains intact. Attack on Orbital 454 is brief moment in the history of the planet Medina in a far quadrant of The Milky Way in a fast-paced colonial period when souls from the past are recycled to the future. Medina is an Earth-like red planet with a constitutional monarchy ruled by a benevolent ruler extracted from the past and settled into the far future with a devout following. Her Majesty, Queen Katy, previously known as Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (a real person ca.555-620) was in fact The Prophet Muhammad’s first and most favored wife. In this story she is monarch of an Imperial Conglomerate Colony settled by The Founder, Charles Dawes (a fictional character in Serapis). Her palace is located in the capital city, Mecca. The new society that she establishes is largely secular. Most everyone addresses her as Queen Katy. The narrative is first person and the protagonist is Chief Superintendent of Special Operations, a Dawes Conglomerate Marshal, John "Jack" Coffee Hays (real person 1817-1883). Marshal Hays is the most famous Texas Ranger of all time and nephew to American President Andrew Jackson (real person 1767-1845). The Medina Star System is his jurisdiction. ★★★★★ A 5-STAR Review by Bill Howard, for Reader's Favorite , December 2nd 2013. "...an incredibly creative story. Mixing events ... from the past ... allows readers to imagine how ... old West lawmen would have dealt with ... Al Qaeda.... The concept is intriguing and the characters are certainly a unique mixture which brings the story to life and adds a touch of reality. Intriguing, imaginative and ingenious; Attack on Orbital 454 is certain to stir the imagination of readers in a way that brings a satisfying smile as the Texas Rangers ride again." Both the paper and digital version of this title has a Glossary of Terms in the back listing names, places, events, and even products mentioned in the book. A Glossary is absolutely essential to me when I write a story because I cannot remember all of the details, like hair color, age, etc. of the characters, the timeline, nor the variety of invented terms. So, as I write I have a second screen opened beside me where I keep notes. The longer the story, the more notes there are, of course. Periodically I have the program alphabetize this growing mess, and then I keep on adding. Once the story is complete, I then cull the Glossary into a final product, add active hyperlinks, and paste into the rear of the book. Those of you with the digital version, look at the blue words in the Glossary, and click on them. Cool, isn't it? Yeah, you can learn a lot from my books. History, biography, geography, recipes, best restaurants, all kinds of neat stuff. Who knew reading something fun could teach so much? I did. Cheers! Writing fiction is Mark Clay Grove's final professional incarnation, but for assurance he maintains a day job as an appraiser. Always an avid reader, restless writer, and a kind gentleman with dual nationality (US/UK), he strives for perfection and insists on living by a code of honor that values integrity, fidelity, and fairness for all. Mark divides his time between homes in Fairfax and Charlottesville, Virginia, with his Peruvian wife, Chany. They travel extensively for pleasure and business. His professional website is mgrove dot com and he will answer all polite emails as soon as possible. Periodically though, his research takes him to places where an Internet connection is impossible. Writing for Mark is therapy, he says, when asked why he does it. "Sometimes I don't like the world I live in," he'll quip, "and so I invent my own and disappear into the chasms of my imagination." Join him. The FTL starship that he pilots goes far and beyond!