BOOKS BY MICHAEL GILMORE

Original thrillers, historical fiction, and children’s stories published through Distance Line Publishing and Distance Line Kids.

AVAILABLE TITLES - CRITICAL FAILURE SERIES

Book cover titled 'Abandon Ship' featuring a sinking ship in stormy seas at night and the tagline 'The sea didn't fail them. Leadership did.' by Michael Gilmore.

Abandon Ship


A Critical Failure Novel

A luxury voyage becomes a fight for survival when institutional decisions prove more dangerous than the disaster itself.

Book cover of 'Sealed: A Critical Failure Novel' by Michael Gilmore, featuring an overturned pill bottle with scattered pills and a city skyline in the background, set against a fiery sky.

Sealed

A Critical Failure Novel

A contamination thriller inspired by true events, corporate failure, public fear, and the devastating consequences of silence.

Book cover titled 'Bhopal' by Michael Gilmore, featuring an industrial scene with a large pressure gauge, oil tanks, and pollution clouds in the background at sunset.

Bhopal


A Critical Failure Novel

An industrial-disaster thriller exploring negligence, institutional failure, and the human cost of corporate catastrophe.

A cover of a novel titled "Controlled Burn" by Michael Gilmore featuring an industrial oil refinery with lit pipes, tanks, and a worker in safety gear observing a fiery release, dark stormy sky, and warning signs about high pressure and safety violations.

Controlled Burn

A Critical Failure Novel

When risk analyst Mara Voss discovers that a Texas refinery is moving toward a catastrophic pressure failure capable of killing dozens, she must decide whether to obey the regulatory thresholds limiting her authority—or shut down a $72 million operation before it is too late.

A tense institutional thriller about acceptable risk, ignored warnings, and the devastating cost of waiting for disaster to become official.

DISTANCE LINE KIDS

Helping Toddlers Learn Big Skills Through Everyday Moments.

Cover of a children's book titled "I Can Keep Trying: A Milo Story" by Michael Gilmore. The illustration features a smiling cartoon bear cub walking on a path in a vibrant, sunny outdoor setting, with a bluebird flying nearby and colorful flowers and trees. There is a chalkboard sign reading "I learn, I practice, I grow!" and a blue banner at the bottom that states "Helping toddlers learn big skills through everyday moments."

I CAN KEEP TRYING

A Milo Story

A reassuring children’s story that teaches persistence, patience, and the confidence to try again when something feels difficult.

Cover of a children's book titled 'I Can Calm Down: A Milo Story' by Michael Gilmore, featuring a cartoon bear sitting cross-legged with a hand on its chest and eyes closed, in a cozy room with a rug, bookshelf, and calming decor.

I CAN CALM DOWN

A Milo Story

A gentle story that helps young children recognize big feelings, pause, breathe, and choose calming strategies.