Future Together: A Sequel to Lost in Solway

The war is over for Solway’s exhausted, grief-stricken home front heroes and villains. Many, including revered union leader, Sam Bullock, have enthusiastically welcomed the Labour landslide and a new generation of MPs driving the government’s ambitious manifesto, promising cradle-to-grave care, full employment and housing renewal.

As the white heat of 1960s social change surges across Britain, the terraced homes and crumbling tenements around Old Forge Lane give way to tower block estates. Crusading councillors Reg Williams and Red Muriel Winterpoole tirelessly champion social improvement while Bert Hodgeman, once a wartime spiv before joining up and winning the VC at Normandie, is rocketing through the ranks of the Greater Solway Constabulary. Meanwhile, Solway’s favourite adopted son, fading cinema idol Nic Jenkins, is about to win millions of new fans in television comedy.

By the early 1970s, Solway’s future is once again uncertain. Industry is in decline with strikes and unemployment on the rise, while the sacred promise of safe, affordable housing is unravelling under the weight of structural failures and allegations of bribery and corruption.

And more than two decades into the new century, Sidney Williams and Sylvia Bullock are gradually coming to terms with their new lives, but the world they left behind, and the people they love, are never far away.

On Lost in Solway:

”...The tale spans two different centuries, characterized by distinct circumstances. The author vividly describes every scenario and builds all the characters brilliantly. It is a story that every ardent fan of historical fiction will enjoy. You will get as close as you can to a community adapting to times packed with uncertainty and stress due to war; from bomb shelters to nightmares visiting war veterans and black marketeers...” (Online Book Club)

”...This was a great read especially if you could relate to the era and location. The descriptions were spot on. I liked the author’s style and enjoyed reliving the history, albeit it depressing. I purchased the e-book and because it was so good went and purchased the paperback for my library...” (Goodreads)

”...Wow! This book certainly deserves its 5 stars and more... I’ve finished the book and I am still thinking about those characters, please somebody tell me there is a sequel. I am invested and my imagination is into overdrive.
A fantastic read, one of my favourite books of this year, I would genuinely recommend to fellow readers...” (Amazon)