It's set in the future. But not a distant, far away future, but a future that could be just around the next corner.
Society had began its long, slow collapse, crumbling around the people.
Scarcity became more and more common and when most people could not afford to buy consumer goods, they began to riot.
The ruling class was perturbed by the rioters and accused them of being antidemocratic.
Militarised armed police were sent out to deal with the riots.
However, with rising levels of unemployment tax revenues inevitably began to fall and larger corporations began to take over the direct funding of the police and the police became the armed wing of the corporations. This brought about battles between different business interests, all set about a background of a society in turmoil with falling standards of living and the very State tottering toward disaster.
Out in the provinces readers meet Esme Sedgebrook. Her future is mapped out for her. An arranged marriage, childbearing and a nice, safe domestic life.
But what if this is not the life she opts for? What if Esme decides to flee her safe, comfortable life and join up with the uprising?
It's an interesting, dystopian novel.
Published by Brown Dog Books at £9.99 and is available from good book retailers and online.
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