Fractal #02: Resilient

Fractal #02: Resilient
Allen Stroud
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26 Apr 2022 UK
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9781787587144
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AD 2118. Humanity has colonised the Moon, Mars, Ceres and Europa. The partnership of corporations and governments has energised the space programme for one hundred years. That partnership is shattered when a terrorist attack destroys the world' s biggest solar array in Atacama, Chile, altering the global economic balance. On Mars, at Phobos Station, Doctor Emerson Drake arrives, responding to an emergency call to assist a shuttle of wounded miners, but when those miners turn out to be insurgents, Drake realises he is trapped and fighting to survive. In deep space, Captain Ellisa Shann has passed her limits. Now, the last survivors of the Khidr have to choose whether to try to get home on the captured ship, Gallowglass, or stay to observe the strange gravity anomaly that swallowed up the remains of their vessel. On Earth, in an undisclosed location, Natalie Holder finally has an opportunity to break free from her confinement, where she has been experimented on, multiple times. Her consciousness is transmitted to Phobos Station, just as insurgents take over the facility. Holder and Drake form an alliance but are separated. Drake is captured and taken to the insurgent leader Rocher a clone of the stowaway who caused the munity on Captain Shann' s Khidr. Allen Stroud' s Resilient is a masterpiece of hard sci-fi, a worthy follow up from events of his successful and highly-praised Flame Tree Press debut, Fearless. AUTHOR: Allen Stroud is a lecturer at Coventry University, where he teaches BA (Hons) Media. 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. He has since worked on Phoenix Point (2019) and Baldur' s Gate 3 by Larian Studios, due for release in 2021.

#01: Fearless
#02: Resilient

Praise for Book 1, FEARLESS:"Fast-paced, gripping hard SF with death in hard vacuum waiting at every turn. " - Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Adrian Tchaikovsky"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 Sci-fi and Fantasy Reviewer"The depths of outer space test the strength of a dynamic heroine' s inner resolve in Stroud' s 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. " - Publishers Weekly Starred ReviewRigorous 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 anyone' s 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. " - Amazing Stories (Science Fiction to look for in September 2020)
Allen Stroud is a lecturer at Coventry University, where he teaches BA (Hons) Media. 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. He has since worked on Phoenix Point (2019) and Baldur' s Gate 3 by Larian Studios, due for release in 2021. Stroud was a founding host of Lave Radio, an Elite Dangerous fan podcast that started in February 2013 and runs the annual convention Lavecon. His novel set in the Elite Dangerous game world, called Elite: Lave Revolution was successfully funded on Kickstarter and published in late 2014, with a second edition published in 2015. Stroud then supported Spidermind Games in developing the Elite Dangerous Roleplaying Game and worked for Make Believe Games on Revolutionaries and I Am Zombie. Stroud was the 2017 and 2018 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. Stroud continues 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.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781787587144
Published: 26 Apr 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Flame Tree Press
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 130mm
Spine: 18mm
Pages: 384

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