Cursed by the gods.
The insectile ashkaro live on flying islands travelling the eternal River of Days while a hellish firestorm devours the world below. Collected into queendoms, the higher caste brights live in the luxurious windward rain-forest while the servile dulls scrape out a desperate existence in the leeward desert.
Conflicts escalate between two neighbouring queendoms. Where Nysh embraces modern ideals of equality and independence, Yil honours the Fallen Goddess by enslaving their neighbours and maintaining traditional castes.
In preparation for the imminent war, Nysh sends ashkaro youths with dangerous Talents to secret schools, training them as assassins and spies. Joh, a dull male with a Talent for suggestion, and Ahk, a bright female with a Talent for stealth, are torn from their families and thrown into the academy. The two naively believe that the biggest threat comes from the other students, not realizing the war has already begun.
United in purpose, divided by caste, they can only save the island from the Mad Queen by working together.REVIEWS:
"...a wildly imaginative, morbidly captivating, and slightly unhinged gutpunch of a story that will have you buzzing with equal parts wonder and dread; this is fantasy like you have never read before."
—Before We Go Blog
"...another full-swing-warhammer-to-the-chest of Fletcher’s wild imagination."
—Grimdark Magazine
"...the Mad Titan of dark fantasy has done it again..."
—FanFiAddict
"A solid ten out of ten!"
—The Nerd Book Review
"Fletcher continues to create amazing worlds one after the other, and let me tell you this: this one is an absolute page turner."
—FanFiAddict.com
"The Storm Beneath the World by Michael R. Fletcher is something I come across rarely - it's utterly unique!"
—Julia Sarene
"Absolute love for this! So much heart, humour & endearing characters. An action filled delight."
— James Harwood-Jones
"The writing was simply amazing and I was into that Movie in my Mind almost immediately."
—Cameron Scaggs
Genre: Fantasy
The insectile ashkaro live on flying islands travelling the eternal River of Days while a hellish firestorm devours the world below. Collected into queendoms, the higher caste brights live in the luxurious windward rain-forest while the servile dulls scrape out a desperate existence in the leeward desert.
Conflicts escalate between two neighbouring queendoms. Where Nysh embraces modern ideals of equality and independence, Yil honours the Fallen Goddess by enslaving their neighbours and maintaining traditional castes.
In preparation for the imminent war, Nysh sends ashkaro youths with dangerous Talents to secret schools, training them as assassins and spies. Joh, a dull male with a Talent for suggestion, and Ahk, a bright female with a Talent for stealth, are torn from their families and thrown into the academy. The two naively believe that the biggest threat comes from the other students, not realizing the war has already begun.
United in purpose, divided by caste, they can only save the island from the Mad Queen by working together.REVIEWS:
"...a wildly imaginative, morbidly captivating, and slightly unhinged gutpunch of a story that will have you buzzing with equal parts wonder and dread; this is fantasy like you have never read before."
—Before We Go Blog
"...another full-swing-warhammer-to-the-chest of Fletcher’s wild imagination."
—Grimdark Magazine
"...the Mad Titan of dark fantasy has done it again..."
—FanFiAddict
"A solid ten out of ten!"
—The Nerd Book Review
"Fletcher continues to create amazing worlds one after the other, and let me tell you this: this one is an absolute page turner."
—FanFiAddict.com
"The Storm Beneath the World by Michael R. Fletcher is something I come across rarely - it's utterly unique!"
—Julia Sarene
"Absolute love for this! So much heart, humour & endearing characters. An action filled delight."
— James Harwood-Jones
"The writing was simply amazing and I was into that Movie in my Mind almost immediately."
—Cameron Scaggs
Genre: Fantasy
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