Frustrated equally by misrule at Westminster and the Scottish government’s failure to progress the independence agenda, a reinvigorated Scottish National Liberation Army seizes power from Scotland’s ruling party, the SNP, after a campaign of attrition during the 2020s. This tale follows the adventures of two young revolutionaries as they pursue their patriotic goal whilst struggling to understand their own personal and philosophical commitment to the cause. With the effects of climate change now moving into a series of extreme weather events, normal life is so disrupted that unnatural (some would say magical) events appear almost as everyday occurrences, until eventually the human turmoil and the weather disruption come together in a dramatic conclusion that puts into question the singularity of the human experience.
Originally from Kent, Graham Pryor has lived most of his adult life in North-East Scotland. After a decade as head of the University of Aberdeen’s library and computing services, his career in information management culminated with five years as a director of the UK’s Digital Curation Centre in Edinburgh. Whilst there, he produced two books assessing and promoting good practice in the management of research data, he also published his first novel, Preferred Lies, which was anchored to mid-twentieth century life on the Kent coast.