Fearless is a series of teen novels written by American author Francine Pascal, creator of the Sweet Valley High franchise.
[5] Fearless focuses predominantly on Gaia's interactions and relationships with the people around her, as well as her search for an explanation for her condition and her struggle to feel like a normal teenager.
[6] The series is told primarily in three story arcs, each of which has its own primary antagonist, and concludes with Gaia graduating from high school.
This is later revealed to be untrue, as Oliver had become sterile due to a life saving medical operation he received as a child, which also contributed to his unstable mental status.
Oliver spent many years evading the CIA but was eventually caught by Katia's father, a Russian terrorist named Yuri.
This spurred Tom to essentially abandon Gaia in hopes of sparing her from Oliver's attentions, which would embitter her towards her father and cause her to become emotionally withdrawn and antisocial.
The first story arc shows Oliver "Loki" Moore (the leader of a Russian terrorist organization), trying to regain Gaia's trust due to his mistaken belief that she is his daughter.
Heather breaks up with Sam and begins dating Ed, but dumps him shortly after her older sister Phoebe goes to rehab for anorexia nervosa.
One of the clones befriends and becomes infatuated with Heather, giving her a "fearless serum" created by Loki (based on research from Gaia's genome).
During this time Ed undergoes a surgery that corrects his paraplegia and Gaia manages to befriend Heather after rescuing her from a murder attempt.
The story arc concludes with Tom also falling into a coma after partaking in a celebratory dinner with Gaia, Ed, Natasha and Tatiana.
In the second arc it is revealed that Gaia's ex-boyfriend Sam is not dead, but was held hostage for several months in Loki's terrorist compound, which has been abandoned.
Meanwhile Gaia becomes the target of a series of attacks from unknown assailants, which her uncle Oliver and recent boyfriend Jake begin to investigate.
Her relief and happiness at finally being "normal" leads to conflicted emotions when she discovers that the addicts she ran from assaulted her ex-boyfriend Ed and his new girlfriend Kai, leaving them both with lifelong scars.
He emotionally manipulates Gaia into staying at his apartment for several days and skipping high school prom, which strains her relationship with Jake.
Chris (who at this point has had a change of heart) appears and informs his brother that he's called the police and they are on their way to make arrests, which prompts the two rival siblings to try killing each other.
[9] Warren Ellis later reviewed the pilot episode and criticized it as "too unfocussed [sic] to make consistently engaging television, and I think it's the wrong composition of concepts to hook the young audience I assume they're playing for.
The series describes Gaia's post-college life, where she decides to join the FBI as opposed to the CIA, the organization her father belongs to.