DOUGLAS MISQUITA
INDIA'S ONLY REAL ACTION THRILLER NOVELIST
THE LOST EXPEDITION
THE LATEST THRILLER IN THE INDIAN HERO SERIES
REMASTERED
2019’s LION: ESCAPE FROM RUSSIA won me my first Literary Tital GOLD Award.
With THE LOST EXPEDITION out the door, I revisited the story, intending to spruce it up, tighten the plot, insert maps… and give it a line-art cover.
Reading it afresh, years later, I dare say, it is a great story.
THRILLERS
The Indian Hero #2
The Indian Hero #1
Escape #2
Trigger #3
Ingram #3
Escape #1
Trigger #2
Ingram #2
Trigger #1
Trigger #0
Secret #1
A travelogue
Ingram #1
PRAISE
“Douglas’s writing style is crazy… just crazy!”
– The Writing Buddha
“A treat for action-adventure thriller lovers.”
– NJ Kinny’s Blog
“You might need Dramamine before the second chapter.”
– BestThrillers.com
“You might wanna duck… to avoid a stray bullet.”
– Newton Lewis
NOTEWORTHY
TRIGGER POINT wins BRONZE in the Global Book Awards 2021
BESTTHRILLERS.COM places DIABLO in its 20 best FBI thrillers.
ABOUT
The Y2K Problem
The End is Nigh! Amid the Terror of Y2K, I acquired a laptop from a discard pile. This machine had a peculiarity: half its screen was an iridescent display of fractured LCD. (Pressing gently on the LCD and watching the colours mix provided entertainment.) Only two things worked on this machine. WOLF 3D (Yeah!) and DOS.
The Scribd Incident
I hammered out a draft of my first book… Well, not the first. The first was an El Dorado-theme novella written in neat cursive in a 100-page schoolbook. So: this first draft of the second book was typed in the DOS editor, copied into Word and uploaded to Scribd.com. Months later, it had 800+ views and an average 4.5 rating. I decided to publish.
One more round…
Encouraged with the response to Haunted, I decided, ‘One more, an adventure.’ A whirlwind trip to Egypt inspired the second book Secret of the Scribe. Before I knew it, I was plotting the third book.
The Labours
While Secret was completed in 6 months, The Apocalypse Trigger took two years and Diablo – which seeded the idea of trilogies – wasn’t easy either. But those two were my Labours. If I succeeded…
Immortality and beyond
The Immortality Trigger won my first awards and powerful reviews. Since then, I have released a book-a-year. My thrillers are praised for their fluid pace, non-linear story arcs set against contemporary themes.
Inspiration
Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park), Clive Cussler, Andy McDermott, Scott Mariani, Blake Banner, Matthew Reilly, James Rollins, Andrew Mayne (Station Breaker), Gary McAvoy, Alistair Maclean, Jeremy Robinson.
Rapid Fire
Earliest story memory? – Noddy’s red boots are stolen!
Fried eggs and…? – Tintin! The Black Island
Gear? – Fountain pen, notepad, Scrivener, GIMP, Krita
Otherwise? – Musician (guitar & vocals), sketch artist, Software Product Owner
Mantra? – #keepkeepingon