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Peter Cawdron
Peter Cawdron is an Australian science fiction author, specializing in hard science fiction.

Hard science fiction is just plausible science fiction, fiction which is written in such a way as it conforms to the known laws of science, which makes it that much more interesting since there’s no magic wand the protagonist can just wave to get out of trouble. Peter’s forays into hard science fiction could best be described as being enjoyable science fiction or informative science fiction.

Peter is a fan of such classic science fiction authors as Arthur C. Clark, Philip K. Dick, and Michael Crichton and their influence on his story lines and style is readily apparent.

“Serengeti” is the first novella in the “Galactic Exploration” series and was released in 2012. This is the first in a series of stand alone novellas that explore alternatives to the Rare Earth Hypothesis in the quest to find extraterrestrial intelligence.

The Serengeti is a generation starship, one the ventures out above the Milky Way, searching for signs of alien intelligence. This crew find far more about the nature of sentient life than they ever could have imagined possible.

“Trixie & Me” is the second novella in the “Galactic Exploration” series and was released in 2012. Trixie and Berry have been trapped on this alien space ship. Berry is unable to move, however he appears to understand what is going on. Trixie’s confused, and has no recollection of how they wound up in the darkest depths of this alien war craft.

“Savannah” is the third novella in the “Galactic Exploration” series and was released in 2012. How could a nurse from Chicago find herself on this voyage out to the outer reaches of the galaxy? After Diana took up this position in this exclusive hotel in Kenya, she finds her whole world turned upside down by the advent of the equatorial space port.

“War” is the fourth novella in the “Galactic Exploration” series and was released in 2012. The Rift Valley crew are getting chased through this star cluster by some marauding aliens that are intent on harvest their genetic diversity. With very limited options, being outpaced and outgunned by the alien warships, the Rift is running out of options.

She struggles just to understand the most basic of concepts, struggling to speak, however she’s free of her chains, so she’s Berry’s one and only hope. They have to escape from their captors and warn humanity about a sinister threat which is coming from the galactic core.

“Vampire” is the first novella in the “van Helsing’s Diaries” series and was released in 2015. Bram Stoker wrote “Dracula” over a decade, researching historical figures and compiling these notes from scattered diary entries. What was supposed to just be a work of fiction holds much more truth than he even realized.

Dr. Jane Langford is investigating a murder-suicide unlike anything else she has ever encountered before. Sleepy Boise, Idaho is haven to this evil which has passed unnoticed down through the centuries.

“We Are Legion” is the second novella in the “van Helsing’s Diaries” series and was released in 2015. In the dark woods of Eastern Europe, this ancient evil has returned in modern form.

Alan is confused. He does not understand what’s happened to his wife. After a decade of being married, she has suddenly detached from him and is indifferent to him, attacking him during the night.

If he’s going to find any answers, he must follow her to the ends of the Earth and unravel the mysteries of one small Eastern European village in the remote regions of Transylvania.

“Retrograde” is the first novel in the “Retrograde” series and was released in 2016. Venturing into space and then traveling to Mars sounds like quite the exotic adventure, however the reality of living on a frozen, rocky, and lifeless planet is exacting on the Mars Endeavour crew. The exhilaration of getting to the surface of Mars has worn off for the public and this exploration has moved into its scientific phase. The only viable option for habitation on a long term basis lies hundreds of feet underneath the surface, in lava caves which shield humans from harsh cosmic radiation.

Liz, Harrison, and Connor are senior members of the US module. When a war breaks out on Earth and rumors begin spreading to Mars, their core principles are rocked by all the devastation and loss of family and friends. Whom are you able to trust on such an international mission when your countries have gone to war? As colonists from the different nations struggle to figure out what actually went down on Earth, anger and grief become pitted against the spirit of exploration and camaraderie.

“What We Left Behind” is the first novel in the “Zombie Nightmares” series and was released in 2017. Everybody has got a different name for zombies. Hazel calls them Zee because that is the term that her mom would use before she turned, speaking about the entire horde like it was only one individual. Grammar has got no place in the zombie apocalypse.

Hazel is just a regular teen that is growing up in this irregular world overrun with zombies. She likes perfume, freshly baked muffins, music, and playing Xbox, all the things that no longer exists in the apocalypse.

Raised in the safety of this commune, she rarely sees Zee anymore, except on these rare occasions when the soldiers will demonstrate the importance of a headshot to the children.

Much to her horror, circumstances beyond her control take her outside of the barbwire fence and into this zombie infested town.

“Five, four, three, two. Count your headshots, Haze,” she tells herself, firing at the oncoming zombie horde. “And don’t forget to reload.”

“All Our Tomorrows” is the second novel in the “Zombie Nightmares” series and was released in 2017. Hazel is all alone in a crowd. Nobody understands her, not even her dad. The only people that ever really truly understood her were Jane, Steve, and David. However they are dead now. If they are not dead, then they are dying stranded outside of the compound. Hazel cannot accept this bitter reality of life in the zombie apocalypse, she cannot accept that her friends are most likely dead. She must find them.