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Daniel Ellrick grew up on a Missouri farm, which gifted him with mud between his toes, a talent for spotting morel mushrooms hiding among fallen oak leaves, and basic life skills like milking cows, shucking corn, and cleaning fish. Farm life teaches the value of hard work, and Dan added sales and fry cook jobs to his resume by the age of fourteen. Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke, Herbert, and Niven were among his faithful companions by night and by day.

A series of entirely too probable events led Dan into the Marine Corps for a twenty-year career of repairing radar jammers, telling fighter pilots where to go, and enduring meetings with defense contractors about real and vaporware systems they were intent on selling to the government. In repeated a ...more

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	Dialing Earth (Interstellar Refugees Book 1) by Daniel Ellrick (Goodreads Author), Rosemary Lawton (Editor) 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — 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
	Acting Human (Interstellar Refugees Book 2) 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — 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
	Finding Friends (Interstellar Refugees Book 3) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — 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
	Interstellar Refugees Omnibus: A First Contact Trilogy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Mars Colony Rescue (Interstellar Refugees Book 4) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Interstellare Flüchtlinge: Die komplette Erstkontakt-Trilogie (Interstellar Refugees) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Profughi dalle Stelle: La Saga del Primo Contatto (Interstellar Refugees) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Réfugiés Interstellaires: Le Cycle du Premier Contact (Interstellar Refugees) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Daniel Ellrick liked Fin Jones's review of Finding Friends (Interstellar Refugees Book 3): "I teared up a bit when Miharu finally got to meet the Teewuns. I just want to meet aliens so badly, and the Teewuns would make great neighbours on Earth (I want to try all their mushroom based foods too)."
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If you love fantasy worlds with heroic young women overcoming the odds, try this one. It's a great story, and you'll be cheering for Rivah to beat the odds from beginning to end. On to book two! ...more
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Daniel Ellrick rated a book it was amazing Keeper's Secrets: The Final Keeper Trilogy (Chronicles From Alku Book 2) by Eliza Leone (Goodreads Author)	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
A powerful and worthy follow-up on book one. Recommended for binge readers. I'd say more, but I don't want to give away too many spoilers. ...more
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Daniel Ellrick rated a book it was amazing Keeper's Reign (The Final Keeper Trilogy, #1) by Eliza Leone (Goodreads Author)	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
I'm a sucker for books that center on libraries and bookstores. I loved how Onnie arrived so innocent and unsuspecting and gradually learned what was really going on. This has great characters and was a super-fun read. ...more
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I'm a sucker for books that center on libraries and bookstores. I loved how Onnie arrived so innocent and unsuspecting and gradually learned what was really going on. This has great characters and was a super-fun read. ...more
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Daniel Ellrick liked Fin Jones's review of Dialing Earth (Interstellar Refugees Book 1): "I really loved this book. I read a lot of sci-fi. For me, the ideal sci-fi novel 1) explores interesting scientific and philosophical ideas and 2) shows real human reactions to these speculative situations through characters you care about. I think mos" Read more of this review »
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Daniel Ellrick liked Marti Ward's review of Acting Human (Interstellar Refugees Book 2): "Are we dealing with two new sentient species? As ambassador to the alien refugees, Miharu is making friends — and enemies — in high places: both in a political sense and in terms of a transfer orbit between Jupiter and Earth via Uranus. And her poker " Read more of this review »
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