Speculative Fiction That Dares to Ask: What Makes Us Human?
Richard Allen writes speculative fiction that explores freedom, language, and resistance — starting with Kobo, the boy who was never meant to speak.
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Two books. Two planets. One species rediscovering itself.
Kobo's Children
Science Fiction / Speculative Fiction
Themes: Memory, Revolution, Legacy
Setting: Earth-Grob Contact Era
The sequel to Kobo explores the next generation's struggle with identity and freedom, as the children of revolution face new challenges in a changing universe.
About Richard Allen
Richard Allen is a lawyer who lives with his wife and their yellow and chocolate labrador retrievers in Crested Butte, Colorado. A longtime fan and former teacher of science and speculative fiction, his love of pets led him to wonder what humans would be like if raised in similar circumstances and to write his first published book, Kobo, and its forthcoming sequel, Kobo’s Children.
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