A Sweeping Climate Thriller
COMING JUNE 2025
About the Author
Michael Decter never had a chance of escaping his fate to become a storyteller. His Irish mother, Una, was an excellent storyteller. His Russian Jewish father, Percy, was also a wonderful teller of tales.
In the preface to his storytelling destiny, Michael has managed three careers – one in Government, one in Consulting and one in Finance. He has also served on many governance boards in the health and cultural sectors. Along the way, he has written and published eight non-fiction books, several including storytelling within a factual narrative.
In Oct 2022, Cormorant Books published Michael’s debut novel, Shadow Life, thus beginning a new storytelling chapter in Michael’s life. His second novel, The Fulcrum, publishes June 2025 with GFB.
About The Fulcrum
In this sweeping climate thriller, an economist and a public servant join forces—and hearts—to navigate a dangerous international conflict and imminent environmental disaster.
Matthew Rice needs a reset. After serving on a traumatizing jury panel, he’s had his fill of high-stress situations. Determined to start fresh, he moves to Cambridge to get his PhD in climate science at Harvard and reconnect with his long-distance lover, Mary Louise, a brilliant scientist herself. But a chance encounter with Kay, a young diner waitress on the run from the Irish Republican Army, derails both of their plans.
Latest Blog Post
What Is ‘bookends”? This is my first bookends blog. Why bookends? Originally, I intended to name it “bookie.” There are millions of foodies and thousands of foodie newsletters so why can’t someone who loves books, bookstores, libraries, really everything about books, celebrate by writing about all things – bookie. But too many friends thought it smacked of gambling and might draw the wrong crowd! And so, it became bookends (and yes, that’s with…
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