AMERICAN STRUGGLE reads like a
gangland Tom Clancy novel
Mike Michaels Short Stories:
MR. DANIELS
A homeless veteran is stuck in a time loop between the present and the day he tried to prevent the biggest mistake of his military career. Featured in the 2015 anthology It's About Time by Lemur Publishing.
ASYLUM
A Somali teenager attempts to escape participation in a terrorist plot without the repercussions leading to the death of his family. Featured in the September 2016 edition of Heater Magazine.
AUDITIONS
A teenage girl attempts to escape a kidnapping ring fronting as a modeling agency.
ELIXIR
A man racing against time to find a cure to his genetic disorder, which will also slow down the aging process at a molecular level, is attacked by an urban terrorist who thinks he is going against the laws of nature.
URBAN MINING
A black woman trapped in a building with white supremacists must decided whether to sneak away and save herself or try to save a journalist they plan to kill.
Mike Michaels Novels:
AMERICAN STRUGGLE
The scene is Camden, New Jersey, with the highest murder rate per capita in the United States. Julio Lopez, the leader of the Del Este gang, breaks out of prison and unifies the local street gangs into one cartel. All Adrian wants is to graduate college and win over Veronica’s heart when Julio’s empire pulls them into the fray. After a gang initiation gone awry, Veronica’s mother is dead and her brother is falsely accused of the murder. Adrian's perennial optimism is chipped away as every attempt to help proves fruitless, turning him cynical and suicidal. Deciding not to end his life, but to take down Julio and his empire, Adrian struggles to not lose his identity in the process. Exploring the themes of autonomy and ethics for those striving to escape poverty, American Struggle offers suspense and enough grit to stick under your nails.