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Michael Pogach

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Michael Pogach is the author of the upcoming historical fantasy VALHALLA BURNING (July 2026, from Diversion Books), which has been hailed as "a roaring epic" (Darby McDevitt, lead author of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and the author of The Halter) and "a compelling and powerful story" (Sam Davey, author of the Pendragon Prophecy series). His previous novels include the Gothic thriller SLIP (a 2023 Pencraft Award runner-up), and the dystopian thriller Rafael Ward series: THE SPIDER IN THE LAUREL (a 2018 Kindle Book Award finalist), THE LONG OBLIVION (a 2019 Kindle Book Award semi-finalist), THE TYRANT GODS, and THE HIDDEN EMPIRE.

When not working on his next book, Michael teaches literature and creative writing in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley ...more

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	The Spider in the Laurel (Rafael Ward #1) 4.38 avg rating — 89 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
	Slip 4.45 avg rating — 31 ratings — 2 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
	Blackest Spells by C.T. Phipps (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael R. Baker (Goodreads Author), Allan Batchelder (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2019 — 2 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 Long Oblivion (Rafael Ward #2) 4.38 avg rating — 16 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
	The C.A.M. Charity Anthology (CAM Horror and Science Fiction #1) by M.R. Mathias (Goodreads Author), Brian Barr (Goodreads Author), Ed Faunce (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 14 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
	Zero to Sixty 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012	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 Tyrant Gods (Rafael Ward #3) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 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
	Valhalla Burning 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 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
	New Plains Review: Fall 2012 by Shay Rahm-Barnett (Editor), Michael Pogach (Goodreads Author) ( Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	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 Hidden Empire (Rafael Ward #4) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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

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