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Welcome!
As Michael W Lucas I write books explaining exactly how computers were a mistake. As Michael Warren Lucas I write SF, thrillers, mysteries, the odd tidbit of romantic suspense, and a bunch of other stuff. If you’re looking for a specific title, please check the Title Index. To find out when I release a book, sign up for my topic-specific mailing list.
Once you walk into the twisted imagination of Michael Lucas, you really won’t want to leave… – Kristine Kathryn Rusch, multiple Hugo award winning author of The Retrieval Artist
What goes on this site? All my books. Suggestions on which books you might like, depending on what you read. Updates on books underway. Links to recent, current, or impending Kickstarters. Nonfiction books open for sponsorship. New projects. April Fool’s pranks. Links to reviews. My travel policy. Answers to questions I’ve been asked too many times. Where you can get T-shirts and other stuff with book cover art on them. My social media, currently only Mastodon. My mailing lists–oops, I already mentioned that. Still, disintermediation is precious.
Find my nonfiction books at my e-bookstore, my print bookstore, Kobo, Apple, Google, Barnes & Noble, Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon AU, Amazon CA, Amazon DE, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES, or any other Amazon outlet. (Links might be affiliates, depending on stores.)
Grab my fiction at my e-bookstore, my print bookstore, Kobo, Apple, Google, Barnes & Noble, Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon AU, Amazon CA, Amazon DE, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES, or any other incarnation of the Bezos-beast. (Links might be affiliates.).
Latest Books
The collections Devotion and Corrosion and Apocalypse Moi are out, as is the Prohibition Orcs / Frozen Talons duology. OpenBSD Mastery: Filesystems and DNSSEC Mastery, 2nd Edition have escaped.
“One of the best technical writers in the networking and security environments.” – Midwest Book Review
Current Projects
Run Your Own Mail Server has escaped. Dear Abyss is about to escape. Networking for Systems Administrators, 2nd Edition is open for sponsorship. Big Fiction Project is churning.
Lucas is one of those rare writers who can make nail-biter action and gut-wrenching drama dance together and not have either stepping on the other’s toes. – Rob Cornell, author of Darker Things
Social Media
Everything feeds back to my blog, so follow it. My Twitter is dead because Elon Musk is an alt-right idiot, but I have a fediverse/Mastodon server @mwl@io.mwl.io.
I also have a Bluesky account, but the fedi is my main social media presence.
