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Michael R. Fletcher

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Born

in Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Website

https://michaelrfletcher.com/

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Genre

Science Fiction, Fantasy

Influences

All the SF/F that came before me. And death metal.

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May 2024

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Michael R. Fletcher lives in the endless suburban sprawl north of Toronto. He dreams of trees and seeing the stars at night and being a ninja. He is an unrepentant whiskey-swilling reprobate of the tallest order and thinks grilled cheese sandwiches are a food group.

His novels include the Manifest Delusions trilogy (BEYOND REDEMPTION, THE MIRROR'S TRUTH, A WAR TO END ALL), the Obsidian Path trilogy (BLACK STONE HEART, SHE DREAMS IN BLOOD, AN END TO SORROW), the City of Sacrifice trilogy (SMOKE AND STONE, ASH AND BONES, SIN AND SORROW), and the standalone novels, SWARM AND STEEL, GHOSTS OF TOMORROW, THE MILLENNIAL MANIFESTO, NORYLSKA GROANS (co-written with Clayton W. Snyder). He also has a short story collection A COLLECTION OF OBSESSIONS.

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Average rating: 4.03 · 17,278 ratings · 2,917 reviews · 53 distinct works • Similar authors

	Beyond Redemption (Manifest Delusions, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 4,049 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Stone Heart (The Obsidian Path, #1) by Michael R. Fletcher (Goodreads Author), Stas Borodin (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 2,913 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mirror’s Truth (Manifest Delusions, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 1,517 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	She Dreams in Blood (The Obsidian Path, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 1,571 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An End to Sorrow (The Obsidian Path, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 1,203 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smoke and Stone (City of Sacrifice, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 775 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Norylska Groans by Michael R. Fletcher (Goodreads Author), Clayton W. Snyder 4.01 avg rating — 596 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghosts of Tomorrow 4.11 avg rating — 580 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Shadow of Their Dying by Michael R. Fletcher (Goodreads Author), Anna Smith Spark (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 592 ratings — published 2024 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swarm and Steel 4.25 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Michael R. Fletcher

Manifest Delusions (3 books)
by

Michael R. Fletcher (Goodreads Author),

Clayton W. Snyder

4.08 avg rating — 6,432 ratings

The Obsidian Path (4 books)
by

Michael R. Fletcher (Goodreads Author)

4.03 avg rating — 6,317 ratings

City of Sacrifice (3 books)
by

Michael R. Fletcher (Goodreads Author)

4.01 avg rating — 1,221 ratings

Children of Corruption (1 book)
by

Michael R. Fletcher (Goodreads Author)

4.43 avg rating — 181 ratings

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Michael Fletcher and 3 other people liked Andrew's review of Dogged: "Dogged is a relatively short but impactful grimdark novel that does exactly what I want my grimdark books to do: give me a bleak and or crazy brutal setting with a story and characters that have heart. This was my first Michael R Fletcher novel as he " Read more of this review »
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Michael Fletcher made a comment on his review of Long Island Memorial " Reader73 wrote: "Wil there eb an audiobook? Either way, can't wait!!" Yes! Er...as soon as I get off my butt and get things moving. Which I guess I'll ...more "
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Michael Fletcher answered C.'s question: I've noticed that "The Lord of the Empty Mirror" isn't available to pre-order in hard cover format. Are there plans for it to be available in the future? Greetings! Sadly, Amazon doesn't allow me to set up preorders for paperbacks or hardcovers. The book will become available in ebook (and on Kindle Unlimited) on April 13th. The paperback has already been released and is available through Amazon. I hav See Full Answer
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“I was sane once. It was horrible.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, Beyond Redemption

tags: delusion, insanity, sanity

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“A sane man is simply a man afraid to unleash his inner demons.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, Beyond Redemption

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“Today's truth will be tomorrow's lie and you will be left questioning your own sanity.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, Beyond Redemption

tags: delusion, lies, manipulation, truth

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Blackwing by Ed McDonald

28 votes, 54.9%

Swarm and Steel by Michael R. Fletcher

13 votes, 25.5%

Gods of Color by C.H. Baum

4 votes, 7.8%

The Barrow by Mark Smylie

3 votes, 5.9%

Hawkwood's Voyage by Paul Kearney

3 votes, 5.9%

51 total votes

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Michael’s Quotes

“A sane man is simply a man afraid to unleash his inner demons.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, Beyond Redemption

26 likes

“I was sane once. It was horrible.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, Beyond Redemption

tags: delusion, insanity, sanity

26 likes

“Today's truth will be tomorrow's lie and you will be left questioning your own sanity.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, Beyond Redemption

tags: delusion, lies, manipulation, truth

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“Girls will be girls", Mom said.
"You've got to stay our of the way until they get it out of their system.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

tags: humour

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“War is female work" Mother would say every time he asked questions.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

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