Pada Batos

Pada Batos — Science Fiction Author & Propulsion Engineer.

Hello there! I'm ««Pada Batos»», and if you're wondering how someone ends up writing about interplanetary adventures while simultaneously tinkering with the very engines that might one day make those journeys possible — well, buckle up, because that's exactly the kind of beautiful chaos I live for.

By day, I've been known to engineer things that sound like they belong in my own novels: the ««Magneto-hydrodynamic thruster»» and the delightfully mind-bending ««quark spin mass ejector»». Yes, I actually get paid to play with plasma physics and quantum mechanics. No, I don't have a secret lair — though I'm not ruling it out for the future.

By night — or more accurately, by the glow of my monitor at 2 AM with a dangerously cold cup of tea — I transform into a storyteller. I'm the author of «««The Jovian Signal, Space Hotel Daedalus»»». A novel that let me take all that deliciously complex engineering knowledge and ask the most important question in science fiction: "But what if people had to 'live' with this stuff?"

What makes me a ««trusted author»» ? Well, besides the fact that I actually know how spacecraft work (a rarity in our genre, I assure you), I bring an authenticity to my worlds that comes from having my hands metaphorically — and sometimes literally — covered in rocket fuel. When I write about a hotel orbiting the Moon, I'm drawing from the same engineering principles that keep satellites from falling out of the sky. When my characters navigate through Jupiter's radiation belts, you can bet I've done the math on shielding requirements.

My writing philosophy is simple: the universe is already mind-blowingly weird and wonderful. We don't need to make things up when we can just exaggerate reality until it becomes "fiction". I take the cutting edge of propulsion technology, add human beings with all their glorious flaws, shake vigorously, and see what kind of stories bubble to the surface.

I've spent years bridging the gap between hard science and human narrative, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Whether I'm calculating thrust-to-weight ratios or crafting dialogue between a star ship captain and a rebellious alien, I'm driven by the same curiosity: "What happens when we push the boundaries of what's possible?"

So if you're looking for stories that respect your intelligence while still managing to surprise you, you've come to the right place. I promise to keep the science accurate, the characters compelling, and the occasional terrible space pun completely intentional.

After all, someone has to figure out how to get us to the planets in our solar system and beyond, then write about what we find when we get there.

Currently, I enjoy my stay on the Moon.