{"product_id":"anti-state-by-allen-stroud-9781805520290","title":"Anti-State","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnti-State\u003c\/i\u003e is a standalone story set in The Fractal series world, which began with the much-lauded \u003ci\u003eFearless\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eResilient\u003c\/i\u003e, hard-sf masterpieces which \u003ci\u003eAnalog\u003c\/i\u003e called \"Rigorous hard SF with a powerful but flawed protagonist.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e2121 AD. Three years after the first Mars conflict, the colony is still struggling to recover. Corporations fight to hold on to their investments. Old secrets resurface and new faces appear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMagnus 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeter 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUTHOR:\u003c\/strong\u003e Allen Stroud (PhD) is a university lecturer and Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror writer, best known for his work on the computer games \u003ci\u003eElite Dangerous\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePhoenix Point\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the 2017, 2018, 2021, and 2023 Chair of Fantasycon and was Chair of the British Science Fiction Association from 2019 to 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351229546732,"sku":"9781805520290","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2c3d2b0895fbf3d7ce81be207351e32c.jpg?v=1772538065","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/anti-state-by-allen-stroud-9781805520290","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}