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Beyond Redemption by Michael R. Fletcher
When belief itself can reshape reality, madness becomes a weapon and ambition a storm. In a world ruled by deranged gods born from human delusion, a broken swordsman and a cunning con artist navigate a brutal landscape where truth is fragile and power is terrifyingly personal. Beyond Redemption is grimdark fantasy at its most razor-edged and provocative.
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In Beyond Redemption, did you enjoy ...
... following a remorseless, self-justifying anti-hero through escalating atrocities?
Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
If what hooked you in Beyond Redemption was riding with Bedeckt, Stehlen, and Wichtig as they kidnap a would‑be god and justify every ugly choice, you’ll feel right at home with Jorg Ancrath. Jorg’s ruthless campaign across a shattered empire mirrors the same thrill of watching unapologetic predators thrive. Where Wichtig’s belief makes him unbeatable, Jorg’s iron certainty bends men and fate alike, and his brutal set pieces scratch that same itch as the band’s bloody road to ransom.
... that bleak, mud-and-blood mercenary vibe where victory tastes like ash?
The Black Company by Glen Cook
Loved the grimy, knife‑edge tone of Beyond Redemption—from back‑alley murders to cultists scheming over a godling? The Company’s annalist Croaker drags you through campaigns every bit as dirty and morally compromised as Bedeckt’s crew. The battles are brutal, the sorcery is lethal, and the sense that everyone’s hands are filthy—whether thief, duelist, or dark wizard—lands with the same weight as the trio’s grim march to cash in on divinity.
... philosophizing about belief, power, and how minds can be shaped—and weaponized?
The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker
If the hook for you was Fletcher’s idea that delusion makes reality—zealots sculpting a child into a god, a swordsman winning because he believes he cannot lose—Bakker doubles down on the intellect. Kellhus dissects faith and desire with terrifying precision, bending entire nations much as the cult in Beyond Redemption molds its godling. You’ll get that same chill of watching belief used as a tool—and a weapon—backed by sorcery that exacts a brutal cost.
... the mind-bending, reality-warping strangeness where godlike powers feel deranged and intimate?
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
If the surreal, sanity‑splitting magic in Beyond Redemption grabbed you—the Geisteskranken whose delusions shape the world, the boy groomed into divinity—Hawkins delivers that same unnerving buzz. Carolyn and her ‘siblings’ wield cataloged, godlike arts under a monstrous Father, and the rules feel as alien and terrifying as Fletcher’s madness‑born miracles. It’s violent, weird, and darkly funny—the kind of off‑kilter dread you felt whenever belief twisted reality out from under the trio’s feet.
... dangerous, rule-bound sorcery that corrupts, costs, and rewrites who holds power?
The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley
If the dark, lethal magic of Beyond Redemption—from murderous miracles to cult‑crafted apotheosis—was your jam, Hurley’s blood‑and‑plant sorcery and alternate‑world ‘mirror’ ascendants delivers. As shifting celestial forces empower killers and priesthoods, the cost of power feels as harrowing as every time Beyond Redemption lets belief birth a monster. Think the trio’s brutal calculus, but scaled to empires where every spell leaves scars.
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