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  • Bibliography:
    33 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 2005
  • Latest Book:
    July 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Parker Interstellar Travels

1 - The Trilisk Ruins (Oct-2011)
2 - The Trilisk AI (Jul-2012)
3 - The Trilisk Supersedure (Dec-2012)
4 - The Trilisk Hunt (Sep-2013)
5 - The Trilisk Revolution (Dec-2013)
6 - The Celaran Ruins (Nov-2014)
7 - The Celaran Probe (Dec-2015)
8 - The Celaran Refuge (Sep-2016)
9 - The Celaran Solution (Apr-2017)
10 - The Celaran Pact (Nov-2017)
11 - The Rovan Ruins (May-2018)
12 - The Rovan Binary (Oct-2018)
13 - The Rovan Trap (Mar-2019)
14 - The Rovan Catastrophe (Sep-2019)
15 - The Rovan Gate (May-2020)
16 - The Kriseel Ruins (Feb-2021)
17 - The Kriseel Invitation (Jul-2021)
18 - The Kriseel Xenophobes (2022)
19 - The Kriseel Crusade (Sep-2022)
20 - The Kriseel Temple (Jul-2023)

Synchronicity

1 - Insidious (Jan-2010)
2 - Industrious (Mar-2011)
3 - Ingenious (Jul-2011)

Book List in Order: 33 titles



  • 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 impor...



  • 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 othe...



  • They are called "The Four". The most dangerous brigands to ever plague the trading routes between the Three Kingdoms. Hailing from diverse backgrounds, they have in common only brute strength, consummate skill, and ruthless drive.When great success b...



  • 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.Su...



  • Nine mysterious Spinners silently seize control of deep space stations millions of miles from Earth.But what do these creatures want? Why have they come to the solar system?Ingenious is not a conventional sequel to Industrious, rather, its events are...



  • Telisa Relachik studied to be a xenoarchaeologist in a future where humans study alien artifacts but haven't ever encountered live aliens. Of all the aliens whose extinct civilizations are studied, the Trilisks are the most advanced and the most myst...



  • The nation of Sarnai is tucked away in three fertile valleys, surrounded by mountains. Only a single fortified pass called Gateway connects them to the vast unknown of the outside world. Here, the Sarnese have lived ordered lives for centuries....



  • For years, adventurers have traveled great distances only to meet their doom at the Far Coast. This distant and isolated place is the legendary home of the mysterious creature named Yeel. Countless souls have fallen before the dangers of the journey ...



  • Telisa Relachik studied to be a xenoarchaeologist in a future where humans have found alien artifacts but haven't ever encountered live aliens. Recruited by a group of artifact smugglers, Telisa endures deadly opposition on her first expedition and c...






  • Having secured an amazing new base of operations that provides for their every material need, Telisa, her fellow smuggler Magnus, the alien Shiny, and the new recruit Cilreth head out on their third expedition in style with robots and advanced Vovoka...



  • Space is vast. No matter how much firepower you have, you can't defeat your enemy unless you know exactly where and when to strike. That's why Lieutenant Emil is so critical to his task force. He's a type of electromagnetic warfare specialist called ...



  • Telisa Relachik studied to be a xenoarchaeologist at a time when humans had found alien artifacts but hadn't encountered live aliens. After a harrowing brush with a real Trilisk on Chigran Callnir Four, the PIT team, fresh with four new members, head...



  • The planet Athapon, capital of a vast space empire, houses a populace dedicated to pastimes of leisure and imagination, both real and virtual. Supported by legions of robotic workers, android and gynoid companions, and powerful computers, the inhabit...



  • Telisa Relachik studied to be a xenoarchaeologist at a time when humans had found alien artifacts but hadn't encountered live aliens. She joins a group of artifact smugglers and ends up with a life more amazing than she could have imagined. Upon lear...



  • Ex-soldier-turned-wanderer Keran travels into the wasteland, fleeing an unknown horror that has killed his friends. He finds safety in an isolated tower by an oasis, but the tower slowly becomes his prison, for the creature awaits him beyond its wall...



  • The lone warrior Garlon trudges across the wild lands, slaying the missionaries of the East wherever he finds them. Using arcane skills that allow him to do battle in the dreamworld known as the Whorl, he terrorizes his victims for days before seekin...



  • The Celaran Ruins is the sixth book in the PIT series.Telisa Relachik studied to be a xenoarchaeologist at a time when humans had found alien artifacts but hadn't encountered live aliens. She joins a group of artifact smugglers and ends up with a lif...



  • The loose alliance of worlds called the United Earth Defiance is losing a war against old Earth and the core worlds that support it. The Intor Cluster is a group of inhabited worlds on the frontier that have joined the UED to fight for their freedom....



  • What do a stealthy synthetic plant, an eavesdropping sound curtain, and an invisible observer have in common? They are artificial agents working tirelessly in the crime-ridden city of Red Calais for their ingenious Master. They wend their way through...






  • The Celaran Probe is the seventh book in the PIT series. Telisa Relachik studied to be a xenoarchaeologist at a time when humans had found alien artifacts but hadn't encountered live aliens. Rather than return to Earth with the modest spoils of the t...





  • The Celaran Pact is the tenth book in the PIT series. A newly formed alliance of Terrans and Celarans sends a fleet to intimidate the Quarus with a show of force. They find resistance more formidable than expected, and the PIT team soon discovers tha...



  • The Rovan Ruins is the 11th book in the PIT series.Avoiding their alien master at Sol, the PIT team has taken up new homes with the Celarans on a huge space habitat, aided by their Trilisk technology.As they ponder their next move, they hear of new a...



  • The Rovan Binary is the 12th book in the PIT series.The PIT team continues to pull at the thread of the Rovan mystery by visiting another suspected colony. Though they find more clues, the next choice they must make threatens to tear the team apart.....



  • The Rovan Trap is the 13th book in the PIT series.The PIT team struggles to survive in all-too-close proximity with a Rovan battleship designed to exterminate all who fall into its trap.If the team cannot escape this uncaring death machine -- who can...



  • The Rovan Catastrophe is the 14th book in the PIT series.Having escaped the Rovan trap, the PIT team returns to the binary star system Guiholda Conchallon, hoping to learn more about how the Rovans lived, but instead, they discover more about the Rov...



  • The Rovan Gate is the 15th book in the PIT series.Just as it seems that the PIT team has learned the answers they sought about the Rovans, the team uncovers one last lead so tempting that they decide to stall the coming confrontation with Ambassador ...



  • The Kriseel Ruins is the 16th book in the PIT series.When Blackhab scientists report evidence of a live civilization in a system known by the Rovans and Vovokans to be an ancient ruin site, the PIT team investigates....






  • The Kriseel Invitation is the 17th book in the PIT series.When the PIT team is formally invited to meet with the Kriseel leaders, Telisa splits the team into three groups to accomplish more than diplomacy....




  • The Kriseel Crusade is the 19th book in the PIT series.The PIT team travels to an Imperian starbase intending to join forces with an Embeez operative, confront the leader of the Xenophobe Faction, and discover the Embeez’ plan for the future of...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Michael McCloskey has published 33 books.

Michael McCloskey does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Kriseel Temple, was published in July 2023.

The first book by Michael McCloskey, Slave of Chu Kutall, was published in December 2005.

Yes. Michael McCloskey has 2 series.