Max Klein suffers from many anxieties-including a terrible fear of flying-but after surviving a plane crash his worries vanish and he suddenly believes himself invincible. Back home, a psychiatrist puts him in touchwith Carla, a victim of the same crash who lost her infant son and suffers from a morbid, debilitating depression. Now Max and Carla begin arelationship that is sometimes intimate, sometimes painful, and perhapsthe only path to recovery for both.

Fearlessis a brilliant portrait of trauma and its aftermath-the shock of loss and the sometimes unexpected ways that people learn to cope with disaster.

This ebook features a new illustrated biography of Rafael Yglesias, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

Rafael Yglesias (b. 1954) is a master American storyteller whose career began with the publication of his first novel, Hide Fox, and All After, at seventeen. Through four decades Yglesias has produced numerous highly acclaimed novels, including Fearless, which was adapted into the film starring Jeff Bridges and Rosie Perez. He lives on New York City's Upper East Side.