30 ratings | 2 reviews | avg rating:4.60

more photos (2)

Michael’s Year In Books

Michael’s 2025 Year in Books

Take a look at Michael’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.

Go to Michael’s 2025 Year in Books

Michael Lee Anderson’s Followers (11)

Michael’s Bookshelves

to-read (13)
currently-reading (2)
read (31)
did-not-finish (0)
ai (2)
dystopia (2)
energy (1)
genetics (2)
history (1)
navy (1)
See all bookshelves »

Michael’s Friends

Michael hasn't connected with his friends on Goodreads, yet.

Michael Lee Anderson

Goodreads Author

Born

in Colorado Springs, CO, The United States

Website

https://www.inov8r.com/

Twitter

INOV8Rpress

Genre

Science, Nonfiction, Science Fiction

Influences

18800
10538

Member Since

September 2025

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/michaelleeanderson

edit data

Michael Lee Anderson is a Navy veteran, aerospace innovation leader, and founder of INOV8R Press LLC. At the intersection of energy, engineering, and vision, Anderson explores bold solutions to today’s most urgent challenges, both in reality and through fiction.

In his acclaimed nonfiction work, Thorium-Powered Abundance, Anderson distills decades of nuclear science and infrastructure strategy into a visionary yet grounded guide for policymakers, engineers, investors, and curious citizens ready to move from climate anxiety to climate capability.

Drawing on his background in submarines, defense systems, and technology innovation, Anderson brings technical clarity and strategic insight to complex topics. His accessible style, blending personal Michael Lee Anderson is a Navy veteran, aerospace innovation leader, and founder of INOV8R Press LLC. At the intersection of energy, engineering, and vision, Anderson explores bold solutions to today’s most urgent challenges, both in reality and through fiction.

In his acclaimed nonfiction work, Thorium-Powered Abundance, Anderson distills decades of nuclear science and infrastructure strategy into a visionary yet grounded guide for policymakers, engineers, investors, and curious citizens ready to move from climate anxiety to climate capability.

Drawing on his background in submarines, defense systems, and technology innovation, Anderson brings technical clarity and strategic insight to complex topics. His accessible style, blending personal experience with real-world application, reveals how overlooked technologies like thorium molten salt reactors could unlock a future of secure energy, fresh water, thriving agriculture, and off-world expansion.

He also writes science fiction thrillers that explore the moment when human ingenuity outruns human wisdom, examining the unintended consequences of unchecked technological progress.

His breakout dystopian sci-fi novel, Harvested: The Fall of Nature, brings the same technical authenticity and strategic depth to fiction, imagining futures where advanced technologies collide with moral consequence. Anderson’s stories delve into genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, energy systems, and the fallout of progress pursued without restraint.

In the Harvested series, Anderson imagines a future shaped by engineered perfection and collapsing ecosystems, asking not just what technology can do - but what it should do. His characters navigate impossible choices in societies where technology’s promise is inseparable from ethical risk.

Blending high-stakes action and ethical dilemmas, Anderson’s fiction sits at the intersection of Red Rising, The Expanse, and the thought-provoking drama of Gattaca, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Never Let Me Go.

When not writing, Anderson mentors innovators and builds ventures through INOV8R Press LLC, always with a focus on pairing bold ideas with responsibility. ...more

26 posts
Michael Lee Anderson's Blog

Read "Harvested" for a Powerfully Human Experience

The Harvested eBook is FREE on AMAZON Wed July 22 - Sun July 26 2026!

Free eBook

Here’s a bit of our Author’s Interview:

Mike: Fantastic. If someone is on the fence, what would you say to them about picking up Harvested?

Allison: It will be a book that is easy to escape into, and you will learn things and think about things that will stick with you long after you finish the book. It will just chan

Combine Editions
Michael Lee Anderson’s books

Average rating: 4.5 · 24 ratings · 16 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Harvested: Fall of Nature by Michael Lee Anderson (Goodreads Author), A.L. Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 20 ratings — 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
	Thorium-Powered Abundance: Fuel for Bold Space Exploration, Sustainable Energy, Plentiful Freshwater, Thriving Agriculture 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 5 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

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Michael is Currently Reading

Michael Anderson is currently reading

The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

by Mustafa Suleyman

bookshelves: currently-reading, ai, genetics

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

Oct 19, 2025 03:43PM

Michael Anderson is currently reading

Rad Future: The Untold Story of Nuclear Electricity and How It Will Save the World

by Isabelle Boemeke

bookshelves: currently-reading

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

Sep 16, 2025 08:44PM

rss
Michael’s Recent Updates

Michael Lee Anderson wrote a new blog post HARVESTED eBook FREE on AMAZON Pick up your FREE eBook version of Harvested: Fall of Nature by July 26th! Get the eBook What is Harvested about? It's a techno-thriller about three pe Read more of this blog post »
Jul 22, 2026 07:13AM · like
Michael Anderson rated a book really liked it # 1.1 - Rogue Consciousness by Allen Dean Maiora (Goodreads Author)	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
Rogue Consciousness is the kind of science fiction that lingers in your mind long after you've finished reading. More than a conventional AI story, it probes profound questions about existence, the nature of reality, and how humanity's impulse to mas ...more
Jun 25, 2026 09:53PM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of # 1.1 - Rogue Consciousness by Allen Dean Maiora. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — # 1.1 - Rogue Consciousness by Allen Dean Maiora <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Michael Anderson is now following Allen Dean Maiora Author of # 1.1 - Rogue Consciousness
Jun 25, 2026 09:52PM · like
Michael Anderson joined the groups Free Books ARC & Beta Readers – New Authors and Goodreads Librarians Group
May 25, 2026 06:54PM
Michael Anderson made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Connect new book to the right Author topic " Harvested: Fall of Nature is currently attached to the wrong Michael Lee Anderson. The correct Michael Lee Anderson is: https://www.goodreads.com/micha ...more "
May 16, 2026 09:46PM
Michael Anderson liked Riya Bhorkar's review of Harvested: Fall of Nature: "⭐ 4.2 stars What if the future did not destroy us… but redesigned us until we barely recognized what it means to be human? Harvested: Fall of Nature is one of those dystopian reads that stays with you long after you put it down. It is intense, unsettli" Read more of this review »
May 16, 2026 09:22PM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Harvested by Michael Lee Anderson. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Harvested by Michael Lee Anderson <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Michael Anderson finished reading Thorium-Powered Abundance: Fuel for Bold Space Exploration, Sustainable Energy, Plentiful Freshwater, Thriving Agriculture by Michael Lee Anderson (Goodreads Author)	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
Apr 23, 2026 09:30PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Thorium-Powered Abundance by Michael Lee Anderson. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Thorium-Powered Abundance by Michael Lee Anderson <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Michael Anderson is now following A.L. Smith Author of Harvested: Fall of Nature
Apr 20, 2026 03:28PM · like
Michael Anderson made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Wrong Authors topic " This book is linked to the wrong ML Anderson and AL Smith. The correct Anderson is Goodreads Author: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... The corre ...more "
Apr 18, 2026 04:15PM