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September 2019

3Sep 2019

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Spaceside (Planetside book 2) by Michael Mammay (book review).

Michael Mammay’s debut novel ‘Planetside’ was highly addictive and very impressive. It introduced us to Colonel Carl Butler, who was sent to investigate…

Gareth D Jones3 Sep 2019

July 2018

31Jul 2018

ReviewScifi

Planetside by Michael Mammay (book review).

Set around two millennia in the future in a society of planetary colonisation and terraforming, ‘Planetside’ is Michael Mammay’s debut novel of mystery…

Gareth D Jones31 Jul 2018

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