Parker Interstellar Travels Series

The Trilisk AI is the second book in the PIT series. 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 comes out an experienced explorer. Struggling to sell the artifacts found on their expedition to the Trilisk ruins, Telisa and Magnus fear reprisal by the world government. Because of their harrowed existence, they are receptive when the alien they call Shiny resurfaces and offers them the chance to scavenge his war-torn homeworld. Their obstacle: Shiny's robotic nemeses, the Bel Klaven. Telisa and Magnus feel up to the challenge, but does Shiny have a hidden agenda? Meanwhile, a new team forms to hunt down the smugglers... The Trilisk AI is the second book in the Parker Interstellar Travels series.

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 mysterious. Telisa refuses to join the government because of her opposition to its hard-handed policies restricting civilian investigation and trade of alien artifacts, despite the fact that her estranged father is a captain in the United Nations Space Force. When a group of artifact smugglers recruits her, she 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. The Trilisk Ruins is a science fiction adventure of 70,000 words and the first book in the PIT series.

The Trilisk Supersedure is the third book in the PIT series. 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 Vovokan technology at their fingertips. Their target is the fourth planet in the Chigran Callnir system, a place known to be the site of a Trilisk colony. The team soon finds out the ruins are not as dead as they thought, and they aren’t the only ones interested in the legacy of the Trilisks.

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 team’s first Celaran expedition, Telisa decides to proceed to another Celaran colony site in an attempt to find living Celarans. New friends and enemies will be discovered beyond the frontier, while big surprises await the PIT team back home.

The Trilisk Revolution is the fifth 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 life more amazing than she could have imagined. Upon learning that the unifying Terran government has been infiltrated by Trilisks, Telisa is galvanized to face the task she’s been afraid to undertake: defeat the Space Force and topple the rotten leadership of Earth. The Trilisk Revolution is the fifth book in the PIT series.

The Celaran Solution is the ninth book in the PIT series. The ragged remains of the PIT team travel to Celara Palnod to reunify the fragments of a peaceful alien civilization.

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 life more amazing than she could have imagined. Forced into service by an alien she once befriended, Telisa, along with Cilreth, Siobhan, Caden, Jason and Imanol are sent to a distant world to investigate a mysterious alien race for their new master.

The Trilisk Hunt is the fourth 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. After a harrowing brush with a real Trilisk on Chigran Callnir Four, the PIT team, fresh with four new members, heads out on a new type of expedition: hunting a live Trilisk. Telisa can’t imagine a more deadly creature to pursue, but she’s determined to stop the representative of an elder race she’s come to see as a threat to Earth, even an Earth run by her enemies. The Trilisk Hunt is the fourth book in the PIT series.

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 alien ruins in a distant system, discovered by a Celaran probe ship. Uncertain of their future, the PIT team decides to do what they do best, so they leave on a fresh voyage of discovery.

The Celaran Refuge is the eighth book in the PIT series. The PIT team learns more about friend and foe alike as they fight for their lives alongside their new allies, the Celarans.

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 Kriseel Xenophobes is the 18th book in the PIT series. The survivors of a harrowing experience in an Imperian facility rush to aid the Pact Nexus, which has come under attack.

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 save them?

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 that they are fighting old enemies as well as new.

The Rovan Gate 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 Rovan’s demise.

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 Shiny to investigate another legacy of the Rovan civilization.

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 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 the entire region.

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 Temple is the 20th book in the PIT series. The PIT team travels to a forbidden planet they believe was the Imperian homeworld and once a Trilisk seat of government. The team’s allies, the Embeez, have promised many answers to their questions about the Trilisks—if the team can survive long enough to uncover them.