A Novel by Chase Fiore
Crash
and Fred
An Adventure of Epic Absurdity
Crash Anuman works at his family's San Francisco grocery store—until he discovers Fred, a hyper-intelligent sea lion in a green bucket hat who escaped a government program. Together, they must expose a tech mogul's surveillance scheme before it swallows their community whole.
A sea lion in a green bucket hat
walks into a grocery store…
Crash Anuman has always been a little restless—working at his family's grocery store in San Francisco, watching the city change around him, wondering if something bigger is waiting. He isn't wrong.
Fred is not your average sea lion. Hyper-intelligent, outfitted with a green bucket hat, and fresh off an escape from a classified government program, Fred needs a partner. Crash—equal parts bewildered and intrigued—fits the bill.
Together, they unravel a scheme by tech mogul Leonard Trice whose sprawling surveillance network threatens to quietly swallow their community whole. What starts as an unlikely friendship becomes a full-blown adventure of epic—and genuinely absurd—proportions.
If you want something fresh, offbeat, and genuinely entertaining, this one delivers.
Awards &
Accolades
Booklife Prize
9.25 / 10
Booklife Prize — praised for outstanding plot, prose, originality, and character execution.
What readers
are saying
This is a really strange and quirky book…and it's great fun.
Lou
Amazon Review
Crash and Fred are hilariously mismatched…
Shiila
Amazon Review
If you want something fresh, offbeat, and genuinely entertaining, this one delivers.
Sebastian
Amazon Review
Chase Fiore
Chase Fiore is a designer and writer with degrees in technical writing and themed entertainment design. His background spans immersive storytelling, attraction design, and a deep appreciation for the absurd.
His writing explores themes of belonging, self-discovery, and the chaos that ensues when the unexpected shows up wearing a green bucket hat. Crash and Fred is his debut novel.