The Legacy of the Pied Piper

by Michael Schiavone

Captain Joseph Marino and the crew of the Pied Piper, an advanced ship of the space corps of planets, are on a mission to talk aliens into joining their interplanetary government. Admiral William Schneider of the space corps orders the captain to aid alien leaders in their wars. The captain and the crew revolt against their orders. The admiral and a species of aliens with advanced technology, pursue the Pied Piper. Join Captain Marino and his elite crew as they travel through the Alpha Centauri system and wrestle with their pursuers, aliens, politics, their faith, and with each other.

369 pages, Paperback

Published September 10, 2025

About the author

Michael Schiavone has been writing professionally since 2000. After graduating from Dickinson College, he worked as a stockbroker in San Francisco and Boston during the late '90's dot-com boom. Following that bubble's burst, he tended bar in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Currently he works as a day trader and emergency medical technician on Massachusett's North Shore.

When not writing, Michael practices mixed martial arts (gets his ass kicked) and obsessively cleans his house. He lives with his wife, Abbie (an artist), their son, Colton, and twotemperamental rescue dogs.
His first novel, Call Me When You Land, was published on October 21st, 2011. His story collection, You'd Be Crazy Not to Love It Here, is represented by Barbara Braun Associates, Inc.

Michael can be reached at schiavone@hotmail.com