Location: United States
Member Since: July 30, 2010
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Michael McCloskey


Biography

I am a software engineer in Silicon Valley afflicted with recurring dreams of otherworldly creatures, mysterious alien planets and fantastic adventures.

Where to find Michael McCloskey online

Website: http://www.squidlord.com/home/writings

Where to buy in print

http://www.squidlord.com/home/writings

Books

The Trilisk Ruins    by Michael McCloskey
Price: $0.99 USD. 69590 words. Published on October 1, 2011. Fiction.
0.5 star(4.50 from 2 reviews)
When a group of artifact smugglers recruits her, Telisa can't pass up the chance at getting her hands on objects that could advance her life's work. But she soon learns her expectations of excitement and riches come with serious drawbacks as she ends up fighting for her life on a mysterious alien planet.
Ingenious    by Michael McCloskey
Price: $1.99 USD. 48220 words. Published on July 3, 2011. Fiction.
Nine mysterious Spinners silently seize control of deep space stations millions of miles from Earth. But what do they want? And will anyone be able to stop them? Ingenious is the third book of the Synchronicity Trilogy. Its events are concurrent with events in Insidious and Industrious. I'd like to thank the many readers of Insidious and Industrious for following me through the trilogy!
Industrious    by Michael McCloskey
Price: $1.99 USD. 48590 words. Published on March 4, 2011. Fiction.
The People's Republic of China dominates half the globe, balanced only by the combined power of the decaying Western world. As main players in a new age of expansion, the Chinese reach outward to establish many stations throughout the solar system.
Hell on a Leash    by Michael McCloskey
Price: $1.99 USD. 53960 words. Published on January 2, 2011. Fiction.
Nergal, Ralcander, Avawo and Kreen are the meanest, most dangerous brigands in the Three Kingdoms. A disparate group, they find in common between themselves only brute strength, consumate skill, and ruthless drive. Having just made the heist of their career, they simply wish to escape from the soldiers hunting for them, but soon they become enslaved to an evil greater than themselves.
Slave of Chu Kutall    by Michael McCloskey
Price: $1.99 USD. 115780 words. Published on December 29, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
When the ex-slave named Nergal joins a party of heroes, he isn't looking for adventure, he's just looking for an easy meal! But soon enough the impressionable young half-orc begins to feel a kinship with these men and women who are on an important mission to an abandoned castle.
Insidious    by Michael McCloskey
Price: $1.99 USD. 91540 words. Published on December 7, 2010. Fiction.
Leaked stories of strange new rules and codes of behavior indicate something's gone sour in the deep space retreats of the superrich corporate execs. Some say that it's only the eccentricities of the powerful leaders of capitalistic society. But others speak of dark, twisted rituals, human slavery and illegal experiments in banned technologies.

Michael McCloskey’s tag cloud

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