Description

A standalone story set in The Fractal series world, which began with the much lauded Fearless and Resilient, hard-sf masterpieces which Analog called "Rigorous hard SF with a powerful but flawed protagonist."

Stroud raises fascinating questions about the politics of space exploration.”– Publisher’s Weekly

2121 AD. Three years after the first Mars conflict and the colony is still struggling to recover. Corporations fight to hold on to their investments. Old secrets resurface and new faces appear.

Magnus Sirocco should never have been allowed to come here. He is a vigilante turned revolutionary who has been given a cause. He doesn’t lose. Ever. Peter Iskander leads a new religious mission to deliver the promised land to their people. And after being investigated, exonerated and promoted, Commodore Ellisa Shann returns, but when a ship is stolen, she is drawn into another deadly duel.

FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

About the author(s)

Allen Stroud is an acclaimed science fiction writer, academic and former Chair of the British Science Fiction Association. He’s the author of the highly-regarded space opera Fearless and the official Elite: Dangerous tie-in Lave Revolution. Allen also works on game design, roleplaying games, short stories, and screenwriting. His soundtrack The Fractal Series complements the Fearless universe blending story and music for fans of plausible science fiction, Alastair Reynolds, and Arthur C. Clarke.

Reviews

“Fast-paced, gripping hard SF with death in hard vacuum waiting at every turn.” (On the Fractal Series)

"Gripping, intense, military SF. Stunning and urgent." (On the Fractal Series)

Anna Smith Spark, author of the Empires of Dust series

“Space battles, sabotage, and treachery envelop a gripping whodunit, as Captain Ellisa Shann strives to identify a murderer among her crew and save her ship, the Khidr, from imminent destruction. Fearless is a fabulous read from a writer who knows how to deliver.” (On the Fractal Series)

Ian Whates, Author of Dark Angels Rising and 2019 Winner of the Karl Edward Wagner Award

“Fearless is a brilliant achievement, and one of the best science-fiction novels I have read in a very long time." (On the Fractal Series)