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.
Explore the Pavin System
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.
Kobo
Science Fiction / Speculative Fiction
Themes: Identity, Domestication, Revolution
Setting: Pavin System, Loma
In a world where humans are kept as pets by an alien species, Kobo must navigate the complex boundaries between domestication and freedom, discovering what it truly means to be human.
The Exile and the Rose
Themes: Romance
Setting: Brittany
The Exile and the Rose is a novel about Henry Tudor, who became King Henry VII of England by defeating King Richard III in 1485, thereby ending the War of the Roses and founding the Tudor Dynasty.
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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