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Plague Times Trilogy, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
A thrilling novel from the author of A LOVELY WAY TO BURN.
'A vivid, action-packed journey through a post-apocalyptic world. Terrifying and touching in equal measure, the novel is a love story, an adventure, a road movie, a family drama and a murder mystery rolled into one' The Times Scotland
It is seven years since the Sweats wiped out most of the world's population. But for those who survived the outbreak, life has gone on. Stevie Flint and Magnus McFall are now part of a small community on the Orkney Islands, without mobile phones or TV, without antibiotics or fuel, who are trying to rebuild the rudiments of democratic civilisation.
When three strangers arrive on the islands, however, they upset the fragile community, bringing long-buried tensions to the surface. Realising that a number of the islands' young are missing, Stevie and Magnus set off on a journey to the mainland to get them back - a mainland swarming with outlaw gangs, and where self-appointed autocrats and religious fanatics hold sway . . .
Thrilling and breathless, NO DOMINION asks what happens when the scaffolding of civilisation collapses, and how far we'd go to preserve our humanity.
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Praise for No Dominion: Plague Times Trilogy 3
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A vivid, action-packed journey through a post-apocalyptic world. Terrifying and touching in equal measure, the novel is a love story, an adventure, a road movie, a family drama and a murder mystery rolled into one - The Times Scotland
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Welsh has delivered a heart-breaking, thrilling, frightening page-turner of a chiller . . . No Dominion, like Welsh's other novels, is tensely written and character led. At times, it is unsettling, but at its heart, it is a story of hope and survival. Welsh taps into the fear of what a world is chaos would be like and that fear bursts out of every page. Please turn this trilogy into a series, Louise. I want more! - CrimeSquad
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Recently she's been dishing up a tremendous postapocalyptic trilogy . . . Most impressive is Welsh's evocative and sharp prose, and her keen observation of the darkest recesses of the human psyche, the stuff that bubbles to the top in times of stress and hardship. It's unpleasant reading at times but always compelling - Big Issue
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It's a thriller that thrills, but it's also a platform for a wry, spry discussion of civilisation, urbanism and connectedness, human and environmental - Sunday Herald
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A gripping debate about politics and ethics . . . brilliantly uncomfortable reading - Scotland on Sunday
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Fast-paced and unrelenting - National
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I was hooked from page one of No Dominion. This is a cracking end to a trilogy and I would highly recommend it - Booklover's Boudoir
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Thanks to its disconcerting plausibility and its solid heart, the gripping, immersive No Dominion makes for a deeply satisfying culmination to Welsh's contribution to the apoca-lit genre - Guardian
Louise Welsh
Louise Welsh is the author of eight novels including The Cutting Room, A Lovely Way to Burn and Death is a Welcome Guest. She has received numerous awards and international fellowships, including an Honorary Doctor of Arts from Edinburgh Napier University and an honorary fellowship from the University of Iowa's International Writing Program. Louise Welsh is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow.
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