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In the year 2020 a devastating terrorist attack takes place in the city of London. An attack, planned for many years, which acts as the catalyst for an elaborate plot by Islamic supremacists to overthrow the government and monarchy alike.
The Radical Islamic Party seizes control of England and immediately introduces Sharia law, with horrific consequences.
Meanwhile, in the North, an army of former hooligans refuse to surrender their values to the extremists, let alone their country. They fight tooth and nail for their beliefs, eventually leading to the North-South divide becoming a grim reality, the frontline.
As the extremists push further north, Emily Piper, a young woman who grew up knowing only the deprivation and oppression of the wasteland known as the Northern Territory, decides the time has come for change.
But as she plans to gather an army, strong enough to retake England, she doesn't realise the years of hunger have created an enemy much more terrifying than the extremists.
A novel of 147,000 words.
Approximately 420 printed pages.
$3.99
The first 5-star review: 25 Jan, 2012.
Stephen Leather wrote: Hard-hitting story, written with flair.
ML Stewart caused a bit of a stir with his eBook bestseller The Facebook Killer so I was interested in seeing this latest book. I was especially interested because for years I've been playing around with plots set in a UK under Sharia law. I was looking at a murder investigation with a Christian inspector shadowed by a Muslim sergeant and looking at how crimes might be investigated differently from the way they are now. All I have is notes and I doubt the book will ever be written. MLS has taken a different route with his novel and it's a cracker, though not for the faint-hearted. What I noticed immediately is the way the writing flows. Most self-published eBooks read like they've been written by amateurs but MLS writes like a pro. His descriptions of a UK under Muslim control are clever - I loved the idea of the London Eye being used as a rotating gallows for instance. It's very much an alternative reality type of story, and you have to suspend quite a lot of belief as you read it, but that doesn't take away from the story in the least. It's quite violent and so won't please everybody but I enjoyed it.
M.L. Stewart is the author of the Amazon UK and Apple iBook #1 bestselling "Facebook Killer" series.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/United-Kingd...7578337&sr=1-1
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/126652