The fate of the Geisteskranken is to inevitably find oneself in the Afterdeath. If you don't enjoy 'grimdark' books I don't think this'll do anything to change your mind. It's grim and bleak to the point of absurdity, which is the point: this is a world crafted by insanity and delusions.

Because as the delusions become more powerful, the also become harder to control. The world is unrelentingly unpleasant and vile, and few of the characters have any redeeming qualities. Trouble is, there are many who would see a god in their thrall, including the High Priest's own doppelgangers, a Slaver no one can resist, and three slaves led by possibly the only sane man left.Īs these forces converge on the boy, there's one more obstacle: time is running out. For the High Priest Konig, that means creating order out of the chaos in his city-state, leading his believers to focus on one thing: helping a young man, Morgen, ascend to become a god. Sustained by their own belief-and the beliefs of those around them-they can manipulate their surroundings. Violent and dark, the world is filled with the Geisteskranken-men and women whose delusions manifest. When belief defines reality, those with the strongest convictions-the crazy, the obsessive, the delusional-have the power to shape the world.Īnd someone is just mad enough to believe he can create a god. An alarming, original and compulsive tale laced with a blackly comic sensibility.

Fletcher’s Beyond Redemptionis often as nightmarish as it is fascinating. and the fulfillment of humanity's desires may well prove to be its undoing. Set in a world where madness equates to power, Michael R.

Brett, and Neil Gaiman conjures a gritty mind-bending fantasy, set in a world where delusion becomes reality. Rightfully so they do Beyond Redemption and Swarm and Steel are probably the darkest, most sickeningly violent tales of the last decade, where everyone is. A darkly imaginative writer in the tradition of Joe Abercrombie, Peter V.

Beyond redemption by michael fletcher