Fearless

In the future, humanity has colonized the Moon, Mars, Ceres, and Europa. Captain Ellisa Shann commands Khidr, a search and rescue ship, while on a regular patrol, they pick up a distress call from the freighter Hercules.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 08 September 2020
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing

Fast-paced, gripping hard SF with death in hard vacuum waiting at every turn.

AD 2118. Humanity has colonized the Moon, Mars, Ceres and Europa. Captain Ellisa Shann commands Khidr, 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, Khidr picks up a distress call from the freighter Hercules.

The Hercules is a massive cargo vessel, carrying thousands of tons of cargo and passengers. It has been on a routine mission to deliver supplies to the colony on Mars when it suddenly disappeared without a trace. Shann and her crew immediately launch a search and rescue mission, using their advanced technology to scan the surrounding area for any signs of the freighter.

As they search, they discover that the Hercules has been taken over by a group of ruthless pirates, who are using the ship to their own ends. The pirates are led by a charismatic captain named Krell, who is determined to find a legendary treasure that is said to be hidden somewhere on the ship.

Shann and her crew must fight their way through the pirate ship, using their skills and technology to outsmart the pirates and find the treasure before it is too late. Along the way, they encounter a variety of challenges, including dangerous space battles, treacherous terrain, and deadly creatures.

In the end, Shann and her crew are able to defeat the pirates and find the treasure. However, they discover that the treasure is not what they had expected, and it comes with a price that they may not be willing to pay.

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.

Weight: 326g
Dimension: 129 x 196 x 41 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787585416
Edition number: New ed