And Here The Wheel

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Introduction

'And Here The Wheel' is an official Elite:Dangerous novel being released along side Elite:Dangerous, currently under development with Frontier Developments. The novel is being written by John Harper, a science fiction author from New Zealand.

The novel was born out of a 'writers pack' pledge to the Elite:Dangerous kickstarter. The funds required to make this pledge were crowd sourced on Indiegogo Further funding is being sought for the creation of an audiobook version of the novel.

More information can be found on the novel's website at [1]

Plot

The story follows the leader of a pirate clan as he struggles to free himself and his pirates from a plot to start intergalactic war, and in the process confront the horrors of his past.

Podcast

John Harper is producing a podcast called "Commander's Log" which is available on itunes an RSS feed and direct download from his website. In the podcast John Harper explores the worlds of Elite:Dangerous, answers follower questions and discusses his progress with the novel.


Publication

Publication is set for March 2014 to coincide with the release of the game Elite:Dangerous. Release will be on Amazon in ebook format with hopefully other formats to follow.