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Ghosts of Tomorrow

Michael R. Fletcher

Start date: June 25, 2025

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Aug 25, 2018 Gavin rated it it was amazing

Shelves: sci-fi

I'm not a giant fan of the cyberpunk genre but I was a massive fan of Michael R. Fletcher's Beyond Redemption series so my hopes were pretty high for this book. Fletcher proved worthy of my trust as this ranked up there with Altered Carbon as one of the best cyberpunk books I've ever read. I'd actually rate this as one of the best dark sci-fi stories I've read in general!

The story was fast paced and engaging. New special investigation agent Griffin is thrown into the deep end on his first few fi I'm not a giant fan of the cyberpunk genre but I was a massive fan of Michael R. Fletcher's Beyond Redemption series so my hopes were pretty high for this book. Fletcher proved worthy of my trust as this ranked up there with Altered Carbon as one of the best cyberpunk books I've ever read. I'd actually rate this as one of the best dark sci-fi stories I've read in general!

The story was fast paced and engaging. New special investigation agent Griffin is thrown into the deep end on his first few field assignments. He is tasked with heading a team who's mission is to liberate the children from a black market crèche. As well as regular soldiers he is asked to take along state sanctioned reporter, Nadia, and a state of the art combat chassis Abdul. The investigations lead the team to come into conflict with mafia, scans (children from the crèches that have been uploaded to combat chassis), and even powerful leaders in the economic and technology industry! They also come up against 88, the mind of an autistic girl, hand picked by South American mafia to run their stock investments. 88 has no interest in remaining a slave of the mafia and launches her own moves to free herself and secure her future!

The world as an intriguing one. We got a near future sci-fi (around the 2060s) setting. The North American Trade Union (NATU) was the setting for most of the story. It was one of a number of similar unions that ruled regions of the world. The future was a bit bleak for humanity as the effects of climate change was just starting to take effect. Scanning was the other big development. With AI tech not up to scratch the alternative of scanning the human brain to power computers and machines has become a viable possibility. The tech is still new and destroys the human brain so only the dying are signing up. Fletcher's take on the continuing development of the technology, both the abuses and the unforeseen consequences, were this stories real strength!

The characters were a decent enough bunch and a good mix of personalities. I probably liked combat chassis Abdul and 88 the best of the bunch but most of the characters had plenty to offer to the story. Abdul was a 17 year old soldier who died in combat and was offered the chance to continue his service to the army as a scanned mind while 88 was the scanned mind of a murdered autistic girl. Both proved fascinating characters! They also let Fletcher paint us a dark but intriguing tale of a post human future.

All in all this story was really engaging and enjoyable. Fletcher has a fun writing style and his dark take on the future was an unforgettable one! This was a really dark story at times but I feel like the real strength of Fletcher's books is that he never goes too bleak or nihilistic in tone. The dark happenings are mitigated by having a bit of humour thrown in and by the general storytelling style being detached enough that it mitigates a lot of the horror. I also felt like the balance was perfect as while this was a super dark vision of the future it never got too bleak and depressing.

Rating: 4.5 Stars.

Audio Note: I was not a giant fan of Rosa B. Watkinson. Mainly because I was not a big fan of her accent or characters voices. Though I get that is a very subjective opinion. The only actual flaw she had was the occasional weird pronunciation of a word and the occasional bit of stilted delivery. She was not my favourite but she was passable and did not hinder my ability to enjoy the story. ...more

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Jun 05, 2018 Chris Haught rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-owned-ebook

Done With Mirrors?

This Fletcher guy and his mirrors! Here we get a cyber-virtual near-future version, but a lot of this stuff is done with smoke and... mirrors. Or scans.. combat chassis. What's not to love? ...more

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Oct 10, 2018 Olivia rated it really liked it

Shelves: sci-fi

Fletcher rewrote and re-edited (and renamed) his first novel, 88. Basically, he revamped his debut, and wow, what a ride.

Ghosts of Tomorrow is a treat for cyberpunk fans. It's fast-paced, filled with almost non-stop action, and offers a big cast made up of memorable characters. Fletcher's writing style is engaging and fun.

Fletcher's stories are gritty, grim and dark. Most of his characters are morally grey, not necessarily good, not bad, but always relatable. The story is told from the point of ...more

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Sep 12, 2021 Karen ⚜Mess⚜ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Buddy Read in Weaponized Pineapples

Unique story, action packed, brutal and insane makes Ghosts of Tomorrow a 4 star read. This world is something really crazy makes me wonder what Michael Fletcher's mind is like. Does it keep him awake at night? I can tell you somethings crept into my dreams and kept me awake.

Now I'm done, here's to a good nights sleep! ...more

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May 20, 2017 Ctgt rated it really liked it

In this future, technology allows the human brain to be scanned and then stored or transferred to almost anything....an assassin chassis, pilot ship...you get the picture. Two primary POVs, a young agent of The North American Trade Union whose first assignment is tracking down an illegal creche. The second POV is a young autistic girl who has been captured by one of these illegal organizations. Add in some concepts of AI and sentience and you have an entertaining story that has multiple layers.

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Feb 05, 2020 Soo rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobook, reviewed

Mini-Review:

4.5 Stars for Narration by Rosa B. Watkinson (1st time I've heard her narration & it's pretty good!)
4 Stars for Concepts
3 Stars for Characters
4 Stars for Overall Pacing

An interesting book about uploading consciousness to computers. The author did a nice job of establishing a bare bones vision of the world and dive into the deep end of what it would be like to be a digital entity.

If you're on a computer, are you still human? Are you alive?

I wanted more about all of the featured char ...more

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