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Michael Laird

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in Hampton, Virginia, The United States

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery

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Michael Laird has lived and traveled all over the world and worked in a large number of jobs and occupations ranging from lifeguard, selling appliances, and running a rifle range early on and, later, as a missile launch crew commander, an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina, a captain in special ops and, for some time now, as a contractor/consultant in the field of software development.

He currently lives in Westchester County, New York, with his wife Linda. With four grown children between the two of them, they are expecting this to eventually lead to grandchildren. Even so, they still consider themselves too young to be grandparents. Currently they are between dogs.

The Forged Prince is his first published novel. ...more

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Average rating: 4.34 · 35 ratings · 10 reviews · 8 distinct works

	The Forged Prince (Chronicles of Tethera #1) 4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Torc of Tethera (Chronicles of Tethera #2) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen of Deceit (Chronicles of Tethera #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Above and Beneath: The world of angels and demons by Amber Boyd, Ariel Paiement (Goodreads Author), Chayton Avalerias it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Unseen War God's Unseen Love by Adam Laird, Michael Laird (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mage's Apprentice by Chayton Avalerias (Editor), Amber D. Boyd (Editor), Jinn Tiole really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Just a few chapters from the end of book 3 in the Chronicles of Tethera and I suddenly had a great idea for how to improve my first book, The Forged Prince, immensely. It's been eating at me for some time, ever since I realized how my second book was the better of the two. Not that I concede the first was not good as it was. Well, of course, nothing would do except for me to do it--and now it's do Read more of this blog post »

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Published on April 25, 2017 18:42 • Tags: picts, tethera, the-forged-prince

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Britannia's Wolf: The Dawlish Chronicles: September 1877 - February 1878

by Antoine Vanner (Goodreads Author)

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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

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“Most of life seems to be finding that line between one extreme and another and walking it. This is called judgement. Too many folk try to avoid it by claiming every issue is black or white.”
― Michael Laird

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“Still it might be nice, once in a while, not to have to choose between evils. Just once, couldn't I choose the lesser good?”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Danse Macabre