Books
CHICKEN WINGS and ONION RINGS
Jake only ever eats two things: chicken wings and onion rings. But while on a deep-sea fishing trip with his dad, he gets swept overboard in a sudden storm and nearly drowns. Luckily, a sea turtle carries him off to a distant desert island teeming with fresh fruit and vegetables—but there isn’t a chicken wing or onion ring anywhere to be had... This is an adventure story about the world’s pickiest eater, told in pictures, rhyme, and meter.
Type: Illustrated Narrative Poem
Genre: Adventure
Age Range: (4-10)
Page Count: 73
Status: Complete / Independently published
Available in small-format paperback here:
https://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Wings-Onion-Rings-Baranik/dp/B0FMR3DP9C
And in large-format hardcover here:
Escape Story
A young family of three, trapped and oppressed in communist Czechoslovakia, endeavor to escape the regime for the freedom and prosperity of the west, embarking on what becomes an epic, harrowing adventure.
Type: Novel
Genre: Adventure / Autofiction
Age range: Adult
Page count: approx. 200
Status: Revising
THE HEAVENLY ELEVEN
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A WORLD WITHOUT FOOTBALL
Tom, a 12-year-old footballing phenom, sets out to escape his mega-rich-and-powerful parents and join the Heavenly Eleven Football Club, a team of the world’s best kid players whose stated mission is to save human sports from obsolescence by defeating the best of the football-playing super-androids known as the Footbots. This is the first book of a planned seven.
Type: Children's Chapter Book Series
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi / Sports
Age Range: Middle Grade (9-12)
Page Count: 168
Status: Published first in Slovakia by Slovart in September, 2025 as NEBESKÁ JEDENÁSTKA vs SVET BEZ FUTBALU: https://www.slovart.sk/knihy-v-slovencine-a-cestine/knihy-pre-deti-a-mladez/nebeska-jedenastka-vs-svet-bez-futbalu.html?page_id=289572
JELLYFISH
When a Slovak investigative journalist working on an explosive story is found shot to death, her best friend, TV writer and former journalist Tami Konečná, risks everything to finish the piece and bring the killers to justice.
Type: Novel
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Age range: Adult
Page count: 300 (estimated)
Status: Currently writing
THE JUGGERNAUT
In a sleepy California mountain town, a high school freshman's life spirals out of control when his car mechanic father inherits a fortune, joins a doomsday religious cult, and, in anticipation of what he believes to be the coming apocalypse, begins constructing a giant armored tank.
Type: Novel
Genre: Thriller
Age Range: 15 and up
Page Count: 311
Status: Complete / Independently published
Available on Kindle and in paperback here:
https://www.amazon.com/JUGGERNAUT-Mike-Baranik-ebook/dp/B0F932MGDQ