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Michael McCloskey

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I am a software engineer in Silicon Valley who dreams of otherworldly creatures, mysterious alien planets, and fantastic adventures. I'm also an indie author with over 150,000 paid sales and another 150,000 free downloads.

Visit http://www.squidlord.us for more information.

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Average rating: 3.95 · 8,579 ratings · 530 reviews · 40 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Trilisk Ruins (Parker Interstellar Travels, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 3,007 ratings — published 2005 — 6 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 Trilisk AI (Parker Interstellar Travels, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 988 ratings — published 2013 — 4 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 Trilisk Supersedure (Parker Interstellar Travels, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 733 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Trilisk Hunt (Parker Interstellar Travels, #4) 3.92 avg rating — 556 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Trilisk Revolution (Parker Interstellar Travels, #5) 3.90 avg rating — 394 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Celaran Ruins (Parker Interstellar Travels, #6) 3.92 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Insidious 3.72 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 2010 — 8 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 Celaran Probe (Parker Interstellar Travels, #7) by Michael McCloskey (Goodreads Author), Howard Lyon (Cover Artist) 4.17 avg rating — 236 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 Celaran Refuge (Parker Interstellar Travels, #8) 4.32 avg rating — 209 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 Celaran Solution (Parker Interstellar Travels, #9) by Michael McCloskey (Goodreads Author), Stephan Martinière (Cover Artist) 4.28 avg rating — 184 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

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Kriseel Temple Released

The Kriseel Temple has been published. It is currently available at Amazon and Smashwords. Other vendors will be delayed by a few days.

This book is the 20th book in the PIT series.

Here is the Squidlord page:

http://www.squidlord.us/writings/kris...

Thanks for reading and reviewing my books! As an indie author, I rely on your ratings and reviews to legitimize my work to those who have not read me. Read more of this blog post »

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Published on July 20, 2023 10:34 • Tags: pit, science-fiction, trilisk

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Series by Michael McCloskey

Parker Interstellar Travels (14 books)
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Michael McCloskey (Goodreads Author),

Howard Lyon (Cover Artist)

3.96 avg rating — 7,244 ratings

Synchronicity Trilogy (3 books)
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Michael McCloskey (Goodreads Author)

3.74 avg rating — 613 ratings

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Michael McCloskey answered Tom Steele's question: I read a review on Amazon that said you have “books between books.” I’ve read another author that does this and emails you a free “book” after you read one and it is a novella that adds to the next book. Am I missing any books besides those for sale on Amazon? Also, you answered a question here about writing a book if you have another decade of life. Is there a problem with your health that we can help you with? Other than in-flight projects, the 33 on Amazon is all I have. I've temporarily paused writing after I wrote the 20th PIT novel until I retire from software in 1-3 years, as my coding job takes all available brainpower. I'm 55 and in good health. That See Full Answer
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Michael McCloskey answered Tom Steele's question:

I read a review on Amazon that said you have “books between books.” I’ve read another author that does this and emails you a free “book” after you read one and it is a novella that adds to the next book. Am I missing any books besides those for sale on Amazon? Also, you answered a question here about writing a book if you have another decade of life. Is there a problem with your health that we can help you with?

Other than in-flight projects, the 33 on Amazon is all I have.

I've temporarily paused writing after I wrote the 20th PIT novel until I retire from software in 1-3 years, as my coding job takes all available brainpower.

I'm 55 and in good health. That See Full Answer

May 08, 2024 07:37AM · like

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Michael’s Quotes

“Long are the lives of elves' he said.

Short are the tempers of dwarfs,'Gotrek muttered, just loud enough to be heard.”
― William King, Giantslayer

tags: fantasy

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“Talent does what it can: Genius does what it must.”
― Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: friendship, lack-of-friendship, lack-of-love, love, marriage, unhappy-marriage

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“Those Bugs lay eggs. They not only lay them, they hold them in reserve, hatch them as needed. If we killed a warrior—or a thousand, or ten thousand—his or their replacements were hatched and on duty almost before we could get back to base. You can imagine, if you like, some Bug supervisor of population flashing a phone to somewhere down inside and saying, “Joe, warm up ten thousand warriors and have 'em ready by Wednesday ... and tell engineering to activate reserve incubators N, O, P, Q, and R; the demand is picking up.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

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