Pagans

• Already optioned for major Apple TV series by Media Res (The Morning Show, Pachinko, Extrapolations, Scenes from a Marriage)
• Widespread press coverage including reviews, interviews and guest features across national press, lifestyle magazines, literary media, and cultural magazines
• TV and radio appearances, both local and national, and entrance to radio book clubs including Magic FM and Radio 2's book clubs
• Appearance on literary, fantasy, history and TV-related podcasts
• Blog tour and high-profile (50k+ followers) social media influencer campaign
• Extensive marketing campaign including paid advertising, print and digital
• Celebrity endorsements from figures from the book and TV world
• Several high-profile festival appearances
• Submission for debut novel awards including Waterstones and Debut Dagger
• Book launch party and signing event

TWO COPS. ONE KILLER. HUNDREDS OF GODS.

21st Century London - except the Norman conquest never happened. An uneasy alliance of ancient tribes has formed, but peace is threatened by a series of brutal murders. Detectives Aedith and Drustan must put aside their differences to track down a serial killer with a decades-old grudge.

TWO COPS. ONE KILLER. HUNDREDS OF GODS.

21st Century London.
The Norman conquest never happened.
The ancient tribes of Britain remain undefeated.
But murders still have to be solved.

The small, mostly unimportant, island of Britain is inhabited by an uneasy alliance of tribes - the dominant Saxon East, the beleaguered Celtic West, and an independent Nordic Scotland - and tensions are increasing by the second. Supermarket warpaint sales are at an all-time high, mead abuse shortens the lives of thousands, and social media is abuzz with conspiracy theories suggesting the High Table's putting GPS trackers in the honeycakes.

Amid this febrile atmosphere, the capital is set to play host to the Unification Summit, which aims to join together the various tribes into one 'united kingdom'. But when a Celtic diplomat is found brutally murdered, his body nailed to an ancient oak, the fragile peace is threatened. Captain Aedith Mercia, daughter of a powerful Saxon leader, must join forces with Celtic Tribal Detective Inspector Drustan to solve the murder - and stop political unrest spilling onto the streets.

But is this an isolated incident? Or are Aedith and Drustan facing a serial killer with a decades-old grudge? To find out, they must delve into their own murky pasts and tackle forces that go deeper than they ever could have imagined.

Set in a world that's far from our own and yet captivatingly familiar, Pagans explores contemporary themes of religious conflict, nationalism, prejudice... and the delicate internal politics of the office coffee round. Gripping and darkly funny, Pagans keeps you guessing until the very end.