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Flowers for the Wind

When the state turns inward, survival becomes resistance.

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Pub Date 23 May 2026 | Archive Date 1 Sep 2026


Description

Ten years after civil unrest reshaped the country, the government promises stability through control. Under the authority of the New Socialist Order, it’s leader Ben Baines is slowly stabilising the nation, maybe even rebuilding, but the old architects of renewal are circling England and want a piece of the pie.

Amber Bell has spent her life trying to avoid the conflict that consumed her family. Living on the frontier between state control and rebellion, she wants nothing more than to survive. But when the machinery of government begins closing in on her home, she is forced into a struggle she never sought.

Davey serves the very regime enforcing the new order. Scarred by years of war and increasingly disillusioned by what he witnesses, he finds himself questioning the cause he once believed in, and the loyalty demanded of him.

Meanwhile, Ezekiel, a migrant displaced by global instability, is drawn into a conflict that is not his own. Caught between competing powers, he must navigate a fractured nation where survival often comes at the cost of conscience.

As rebellion spreads across England and fragile certainties begin to crumble, the lives of Amber, Davey and Ezekiel become intertwined. Each must decide what they are willing to fight for: a government, an ideology, a homeland, or the people they love.

Set against a backdrop of political upheaval, social division and state surveillance, Flowers for the Wind is a sweeping dystopian thriller about power, identity and belonging. It is a story of ordinary people caught inside extraordinary events, and of the enduring belief that while governments may claim the land, they can never truly possess its people.


Ten years after civil unrest reshaped the country, the government promises stability through control. Under the authority of the New Socialist Order, it’s leader Ben Baines is slowly stabilising the...


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ISBN 9781919483634
PRICE £3.74 (GBP)
PAGES 434

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