Michael Mammay

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Michael Mammay is a retired army officer and a graduate of the United States Military Academy. He has a masters degree in military history, and he is a veteran of more wars than he cares to remember. His first novel, PLANETSIDE, was a Library Journal 'Best books of 2018' pick and the sequels, SPACESIDE and COLONYSIDE, received starred reviews. GENERATION SHIP is his first foray out of the military SF sub-genre and comes out in October of 2023. He lives with his family in Georgia. ...more

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Michael Mammay Hi! Thanks for reading. My second novel is complete and turned in to my editor. It follows the further adventures of Carl Butler after the end of Plan…moreHi! Thanks for reading. My second novel is complete and turned in to my editor. It follows the further adventures of Carl Butler after the end of Planetside. There's no official date for it yet, but I expect it will release in 2019.(less)
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Michael Mammay Book 3 will be out late in 2020
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Planetside (Planetside, #1)

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Spaceside (Planetside, #2)

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Colonyside (Planetside, #3)

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This is exceptionally good science fiction. Well written and filled with the kind of wonder and imagination that makes it stand out in the genre.

If you're a fan of science fiction that pushes boundaries, you should read this.
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Generation Ship by Michael Mammay
"So different from the Planetside series, GENERATION SHIP really shows what Mammay can do as a writer and storyteller, expanding from a single POV novel to this complex, interwoven perspectives of all parts of a colony ship on its way to its destinati" Read more of this review »
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“Leave it to a newbie soldier to teach me a leadership lesson. Keep soldiers informed, and they’ll follow you anywhere.”
Michael Mammay, The Misfit Soldier

“I let myself cry for exactly one minute in the shower—one of six stalls in what used to be a shared space but now belonged to just me.”
Michael Mammay, The Weight of Command

“I could let go of the dead, but I couldn’t let go of the living.”
Michael Mammay, Planetside

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