Fearless

(Paperback, New edition)

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AD 2118. Humanity has colonised the Moon, Mars, Ceres and Europa. Captain Ellisa Shann commands Kidhr, a search and rescue ship with a crew of twenty-five, tasked to assist the vast commercial freighters that supply the different solar system colonies. Shann has no legs and has taken to life in zero-g partly as a result. She is a talented tactician who has a tendency to take too much on her own shoulders. Now, while on a regular six-month patrol through the solar system, Kidhr picks up a distress call from the freighter Hercules... AUTHOR: Allen Stroud is a lecturer at Coventry University, where he teaches BA (Hons) Media and Communications. Stroud completed a Ph. D. at the University of Winchester entitled An Investigation and Application of Writing Structures and World Development Techniques in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This thesis covered his work on the computer games, Elite Dangerous (2014) and Chaos Reborn (2016). For Elite: Dangerous, Stroud wrote six guidebooks that inform the game's fictional narrative and also served to help other writers with their novelisations set in the game world.

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Fast-paced, gripping hard SF with death in hard vacuum waiting at every turn.
"Gripping, intense, military SF. Stunning and urgent." -- 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. -- 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."
"The depths of outer space test the strength of a dynamic heroines inner resolve in Strouds smart, introspective space opera set in the year 2118. [...] With an attention to detail that will please hard science fiction fans, Stroud raises fascinating questions about the politics of space exploration. This is one to be savored."
Rigorous hard SF with a powerful but flawed protagonist and a fascinating historical background, 'Fearless' is a treat for just about any Analog reader." -- Analog Science Fiction & Fact
A wonderful, modern, inclusive and clever science fiction that deserves to be a part of anyones collection. -- SF Book
"[Allen Stroud] also brings a Clarkian feel that grounds the story in the best tradition of science fiction. He keeps the action going, and does a fine job of showing the difficulties of conflict in space. Highly Recommended.
Allen Stroud tells a hard sf tale with white knuckle stress that doesnt let up till the end. I want more. -- Henry Lazarus
With a large cast of characters, lots of suspects, space battles and plenty of action to keep even the most ardent fans of sci-fi thoroughly entertained. Brilliant. -- The Bookwormery
Allen Strouds Fearless has elements of those classics of an earlier era. He takes science seriously. The plot is gritty and full of twists. -- Scintilla
Fearless offers the reader a great piece of smart science fiction that fans of space opera and spaceship battles will enjoy immensely. Expect lots of tension and a group of characters you soon get invested in. -- Runalong the shelves

Author Bio

AllenStroudis a lecturer and researcher at Coventry University.Stroudcompleted a Ph. D. at the University of Winchester entitled'An Investigation and Application of Writing Structures and World Development Techniques in Science Fiction and Fantasy'. He has worked in computer games, roleplaying games, novels, short stories and scripts. He currently runs the Creative Futures research project with the Defence Science Technology Laboratory (DSTL).

Stroudwas a founding host of Lave Radio,anElite: Dangerousfan podcast that started in February 2013 and ran the annual conventionLavecon. His novel set in theElite: Dangerousgame world, calledElite: Lave Revolutionwas successfully funded on Kickstarter and published in late 2014, with a second edition published in 2015.Stroudthen supported Spidermind Games in developing theElite Dangerous Roleplaying Game.Stroudworked onChaos Rebornwith Snapshot Games and has worked onPhoenix Point, released in 2019.

Stroudwas the 2017, 2018 and 2021 chair of Fantasycon, the annual convention of the British Fantasy Society, which hosts the British Fantasy Awards. In June 2019, he became Chair of the British Science Fiction Association, taking over from Donna Bond.Stroudcontinues to write academic papers, reviews, articles and fiction in science fiction, fantasy and horror. He lives in a messy house with three cats and his partner, Karen.