The Northern Star Series

"Top 5 Indie-Published Books You Haven't Read, But Should." - Examiner 2058. As the struggle for dwindling resources plunges the world into chaos and "Mindlink" technology opens cyberspace to the masses, injured soldier John Raimey is transformed into a powerful bionic warrior known as a Tank Major to retrieve the King Sleeper: a computer hacker so powerful on-line, he can decimate government infrastructure, subliminally persuade the masses, and even kill. "A truly disturbing book that also somehow manages to be hard to put down, THE NORTHERN STAR: THE BEGINNING has a solid story with good characters, and so much suspense, both plot-suspense and moral suspense, that it reveals itself as something far more cerebral than any giant-fighting-robots story generally ever is." - IndieReader.com "I was treated to an old school, science-fiction romp . . . The characters are complex creations that grow and evolve throughout the story . . . " - The New Podler Review of Books "I was pulled in by the characters and their interaction. Mike creates a varied cast of people, and, just as in real life, sometimes it is hard to tell the villains from the heroes." - Alex McGilvery, Celtic Frog Reviews "It's not often that you find new SciFi writers who are able to crank out page turners on their first go. This is one of them." - FuriousFanBoys.com "The writing itself is splendid . . . darn close to perfect." -SammyTheBookworm.com

"Prepare to be afraid. Be very afraid. Because even seasoned science fiction readers well versed in stories of military conflict and cyber-futures will enjoy something different in The Northern Star: Civil War . . . . With its cornerstone foundations rooted in perceptions and patterns of modern times, it's military sci-fi and futuristic cyber-reality at its best." - D. Donovan, eBook Reviewer. Midwest Book Review The Giant is ill. His daughter in peril. Her bastion a psycho. The worlds torn asunder. War is fueled by want, Subversion by greed. What value is Free Will, If you can be reborn as a God? The Northern Star: The Beginning, which Examiner hailed as on of the “Top 5 Indie-Published Books You Haven’t Read, But Should,” showed us a violent, technology dependent world where the Coalition—the combined might of China, the U.S., and the EU—occupied oil-rich countries to take all that remained. The Northern Star: Civil War takes us further down the rabbit hole, where the digital connectedness of our world has allowed one man to subvert nations in his quest for immortality. In the first novel, John Raimey, a crippled soldier, sacrificed himself for duty and family and became the first Tank Major, a bionic soldier powerful enough to level buildings. His sacrifice was in vain. Ten years later, mentally ill, estranged from his daughter, and stationed in Africa to protect the mines needed to keep cyberspace alive, he airdrops into a town where the adults are murdered and the children abducted. What Raimey uncovers sets him on a new mission: save his daughter, no matter the cost.

The first novel in the Northern Star trilogy was hailed by Examiner as "one of the top 5 indie published books you haven't read, but should." For the second novel, the Midwest Book Review stated " . . . it's military sci-fi and futuristic cyber-reality at its best." Mike Gullickson shows a future where the connectedness of our world has betrayed us, where good and evil are shades of grey, and the varied cast of powerful characters move each other like pawns – or kill – to reach their goals. The final novel wraps up the journey of John Raimey, who, thirty-five years before, became the first bionic soldier ever deployed in war. He is a giant, a Tank Major, fourteen feet tall and with enough power in his fists to level buildings. He is a legend of war, cursed with a fate where everyone he touches – even in love – dies. Evan Lindo, the father of bionics, now rules the world through his most ingenious creation, The Northern Star. But a war in the Middle East has triggered events that lead to Raimey. And a secret has been unveiled that sets Raimey on one last mission before he finds his place in Hell. The ancient giant hopes to die. His existence festers like a plague. The love he's lost, And the debts he's paid. The death he's dealt, And the waste he's laid. But one last chance to right one wrong. One last march into the fray. Together, they can kill the god. And set his daughter free.