Terror from the skies ignites a battle for survival.
Eighteen months after returning to earth, Bill Travers finds himself in the centre of an international terrorist incident. Satellites are being destroyed by an aircraft that appears to defy the laws of physics. Can he uncover who is behind this? Major Angel Le Garre is sent to steal the aircraft. But when the mission goes wrong, will she be able to outwit her enemies and complete her objective? Number eleven in The Fractal Series Episodes.
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I am Assistant Professor (Research) Defence and Security Futures in the Centre for Peace and Security at Coventry University.
I was Chair of the British Science Fiction Association between 2019 and 2025.
In 2017, I completed my Ph. D. in "Worldbuilding Techniques and Writing Structures in Science Fiction and Fantasy".
My Official Elite: Dangerous novel, Elite: Lave Revolution was published in May 2014. I am also the official novelist for Julian Gollop's new game 'Chaos Reborn', released in 2016. I also wrote 'The Last Tank Commander', which was first published by Newcon Press and went on to be included in 'The Year's Best Military SF and Adventure Stories 2016' by Baen Books.
In 2017, Luna Press published my novel, 'The Forever Man', a weird fiction/urban fantasy. In 2018, I was featured in the Clarke Award/Newcon Press anthology celebrating 100 years since the birth of Arthur C. Clarke.
I was also the co-lead writer for the computer game, Phoenix Point which was published in 2019. You can find a collection of the short stories here - https://phoenixpoint.info/archives/
In 2020, Flame Tree Press published my Science Fiction novel, Fearless.
“Stroud raises fascinating questions about the politics of space exploration.”- Publisher’s Weekly
“Rigorous hard SF with a powerful but flawed protagonist and a fascinating historical background, Fearless is a treat for just about any Analog reader.” AnalogSF
“Fast-paced, gripping hard SF with death in hard vacuum waiting at every turn.” Adrian Tchaikovsky
After Fearless, we have the sequel, Resilient (2022) then the episodes: Europa (2023), Ceres (2023) Lagrange Point (2023), Terra (2023), Luna (2024) and Jezero (2024). Also, the third novel, Vigilance came out in 2024.