Nuclear Family

A post-apocalyptic drama of family, love, secrets and survival

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Mother. Father. Daughter. Son.Their own private nuclear shelter.They have survived the war. Now, all they have to do is cope with each other.Successful businessman David Bradshaw has created a nuclear shelter for his family. It’s the ideal survival capsule. When the bombs drop, the family are safely cocooned underneath their country home.What David hasn’t catered for is unforeseen circumstances, and the challenges of the family dynamic.He and wife Mary look on as their children, twentysomethings Tom and Holly, succumb to the stress of the situation by regressing into childish squabbling.For Holly, it is perhaps understandable, as she’s missing the social life that has defined her recent years. She’s in denial about the likely end of the world as she knows it. Her underlying health condition also makes it paramount that they find a habitable outside world as soon as possible.Tom, however, is in a worse position. The secret he carries makes this forced proximity almost unbearable. His anger and despair threaten to have all four inhabitants at each other’s throats.And then the unexpected happens… Their futures will be more different than they could ever have imagined… if they can all make it out alive. A post-apocalyptic drama of family, love, secrets and survival.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-11-05
Mått127 x 203 x 24 mm
Vikt435 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor382
FörlagValericain Press
ISBN9781739230678

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Chris Towndrow has been a writer since 1991. He began writing science fiction, inspired by Asimov, Iain M Banks, and numerous film and TV canons. After a few years creating screenplays across several genres, in 2004 he branched out into playwriting and has had several productions professionally performed. This background is instrumental in his ability to produce realistic, compelling dialogue in his books. His first published novel was 2012’s far-future, post-war space opera “Sacred Ground”. He then changed focus into near-future sci-fi adventures, and the Enna Dacourt pentalogy was completed in 2023. In a similar vein, “Nuclear Family” was a venture into post-apocalyptic fiction. He has always drawn inspiration from the big screen, and 2019’s quirky romantic black comedy “Tow Away Zone” owes much to the films of the Coen Brothers. This spawned two sequels in what became the “Sunrise trilogy”. His first historical fiction novel, “Signs Of Life”, was published by Valericain Press in 2023. Chris then returned to his passion for writing accessible humour and is focussing on romantic comedies. Writing under the new pen name Chrissie Harrison, his rom-com debut, “Floored”, published in April 2024 to great reviews, and outsold his entire back catalogue in just 6 months. May 2025 saw the publication of “Wicket Maiden”, a genre defining rom-com set in the world of women’s cricket. Chris lives on the outskirts of London with his family. He is a member of the UK Society of Authors, the Alliance of Independent Authors, and the Romantic Novelists Association.