‘’If you truly want peace to have a chance, then it must start with spilling the blood of the old regime.’

In a distant part of the galaxy is a magnificent city in the stars known as the StormGard. It is a beautiful self-sustaining metropolis of wonders and potential, where the greatest minds in the universe collaborate in building a future free from poverty, slavery, and injustice. There is just one problem – it is all a lie.

Transport 639 Claire Topps is a freelance courier based on the StormGard. She works long hours transporting all manner of dubious cargo for the right price. Her philosophy has always been ask no questions and you stay alive. However, when she discovers her latest shipment is a child, she can’t help but start digging into the affairs of her employer. When the child suddenly dies, Claire is determined to uncover what is really happening in the laboratories of the StromGard, even if it means risking everything and everyone she holds dear.

Children of War is the first part of a new series of science fiction novellas that will shake the foundations of reality and expose a new and terrifying power in the universe. Don’t expect anything to be as it seems in this mind-bending saga where oppressive regimes will fall, allegiances will be tested, and devastating secrets uncovered.

Anthony D Redden, author of Dead Boat, and The Boy in the Walls, presents his first venture into science fiction with Children of War.’