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Matthew Sylvester

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Gamelit/litrpg

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Matthew has been reading and writing fantasy and science fiction since he first read the Hobbit at the age of 7.

Since starting writing, Matthew has created the LitRPG/LitFPS Permadeath Series, the alternative history dieselpunk Blaise Maximillian: Bitter Defeat series, Shadow Company - a military fiction series, and is currently working on the Devil's Run RPG with Red Scar Publishing.

He is also the author of the critically acclaimed 'Practical Taekwondo: Back to the Roots'. ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 148 ratings · 29 reviews · 24 distinct works

	Desperate Times (Permadeath #1) 3.49 avg rating — 47 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bitter Defeat (Blaise Maximillian #1) 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spetsnaz (Permadeath #2) 3.38 avg rating — 24 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raus! Untoten! (Raus! Untoten! #1) by Matthew Sylvester (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Graham McNeill, John Hobkinson (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emancipation (Blaise Maximilian #2) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 9	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devon's Demons (Permadeath #3) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Practical Taekwondo: Back To The Roots 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Broken Bones & Ten Dollar Bills by Matthew Sylvester (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah Cosgrove, Thomas Ffiske 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stille! Untoten!: Raus! Untoten! Book 2 by Matthew Sylvester (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gav Thorpe (Goodreads Author), Ian Hall (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Well, of course one is. Somewhere around the world. But this time I’m referring to a novella written by myself and based on the disease I invented for my article How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse in the United Kingdom. Hey, it’s only been four years since I wrote that! Featuring Shadow Company, a group of […]

Series by Matthew Sylvester

Permadeath (3 books)
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Matthew Sylvester (Goodreads Author)

3.49 avg rating — 78 ratings

Blaise Maximillian (2 books)
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Matthew Sylvester (Goodreads Author)

4.25 avg rating — 32 ratings

Raus! Untoten! (2 books)
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Gav Thorpe (Goodreads Author),

Ian Hall (Goodreads Author),

Alex Helm,

Jamie Mason,

Nas Hedron (Goodreads Author),

Stewart Hotston (Goodreads Author),

Jason Zerillo (Illustrator)

4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings

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Rookie Privateer (Privateer Tales, #1)

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Fire Ant (The Navy of Humanity: Wasp Squadron, #1)

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False Value (Rivers of London, #8)

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“Shitting fucking bastard! Fuck off you massive cockwank!’ - Misty Meanor, during a particularly stressful encounter.”
― Matthew Sylvester, Bitter Defeat

tags: alternate-history, dieselpunk, dystopian, science-fiction, world-war-1

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“Shitting fucking bastard! Fuck off you massive cockwank!’ - Misty Meanor, during a particularly stressful encounter.”
― Matthew Sylvester, Bitter Defeat

tags: alternate-history, dieselpunk, dystopian, science-fiction, world-war-1

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