Ghosts of Tomorrow

By: Michael R. Fletcher

Narrated by: Rosa B. Watkinson

The Brain Trade: Grown in crèches and programmed with a tribal warrior code, the minds of children are harvested by the black market. Sold to the highest bidder, they're installed in deadly combat machines and assassin chassis.

Griffin, a junior Investigations agent for the North American Trade Union, is put on the case: Find and close the illegal crèches. Installed in a combat chassis, Abdul, a depressed 17-year-old killed during the Secession Wars in Old Montreal, is assigned as Griffin's Heavy Weapons support. Nadia, a state-sanctioned investigative reporter working the stolen children story, pushes Griffin ever deeper into the nightmare of the brain trade.

In the La Carpio slums of Costa Rica, the scanned mind of an autistic girl named only 88 runs the South American Mafia's business interests. But 88 wants more. She wants freedom. And she has come to see humanity as a threat. She has an answer: Archaeidae. He died when he was eight. At 14, a six-gun slinging, katana-wielding machine of death, he is the deadliest assassin alive.

Two children against the world. The world is going to need some help.

©2017 Michael R. Fletcher (P)2018 Michael R. Fletcher

A wild ride

My copy was a bit buggy in places, might be a feature for all I know.

The story itself was amazing, if a bit grimdark, and I never felt like it was predictable.

ending was a bit of a downer but the story is all the better for it.

wicked cool!

super fun! dark awesome world, relatable and fun characters, well the mechanics are anyway. hope this is just the start of a long series.

Best Cyberpunk yarn in a decade.

This is best cyber punk story since Snow Crash, absolutely incredible! fletcher is my new fav.

The cover art brought me in...

I had my eye on this book for awhile because that cover artwork is freakin' spectacular! Love that image, and while I don't necessarily feel it captures the character and environment from the book (I get a serious weird western vibe), it certainly evokes a story unto itself as any great illustration should. As for the narrative, it was GRITTY, DARK, and VIOLENT. Caps are on purpose, because everything is dialed to eleven here (Spinal Tap reference which illustrates my point perfectly to those who know) so readers need to be prepared. I really liked the technology posited, and it made for a compelling and thought provoking world in which to explore. The narrator likewise was perfect for the novel, though I found myself noticing British pronunciations of various words because they were just different enough to pull me out of the narrative at times. This would not be an issue if reading the novel in print, so chalk one up for the added dimension of Audible narration! Needless to say, this is highly recommended on all counts.

Great sci fi story!

The narrator did an excellent job with the different voices! The storyline was interesting and much different from what I am used to. I would read additional books in this series.