Salvage

It is the not too distant future. The Gulf Stream has ceased and the climate is plunged into turmoil. England has changed. Civil Servant Quinn is dispatched to conduct an audit on a remote plot of land up North, designated for a brand new model town. But he swiftly realises how inflammatory his presence is when confronted by those on the sharp end of the new reality: Owen, a suicidal farmer whose livestock has been destroyed after a slew of viruses; Winston, a disillusioned journalist with a gallery of photos that show the truth about the site; and Pollard, the local man of God whose faith is up for sale. But it is Anna, Quinn's sometime girlfriend, in charge of filling the dead cattle pits, who faces the deepest abyss of all. As the heavens open once again, the mountains of toxic soil that surround the site slowly begin to shift, and Quinn will face the ultimate test of his integrity. The stunning new novel from one of the UK's finest literary writers. The far north of England, one hundred years in the future, the Gulf stream has Quinn has been appointed by the government to conduct an audit on a remote area of land designated for a brand new model town. As Quinn arrives to greet the local developer, the surveillance cameras spin into overdrive, and soon he is immersed in a quagmire of corruption that will put his integrity to the ultimate test. He meets Owen, a suicidal farmer whose every last pig, chicken, and sheep has been culled. And Winston, a former journalist and alcoholic with a gallery of incriminating photos of rising water below the site; and Pollard, the local Man of God whose faith is for sale. But it is Anna, Quinn's some-time girlfriend in charge of 'digging, filling and capping' the dead cattle pits, who faces the deepest abyss of all. And as the heavens open once again, the mountains of toxic soil that surround the site slowly begin to shift. An all too plausible Orwellian vision that depicts what is likely to unfurl if climate changes move implacably on, Robert Edric's latest novel is a devastating portrait of Man's ever-quickening descent into a self-inflicted hell. It is Edric's finest novel yet. The Far North Of England, One Hundred Years In The Future, The Gulf Stream Has Ceased: Quinn Has Been Appointed By The Government To Conduct An Audit On A Remote Area Of Land Designated For A New Model Town. As Quinn Arrives To Greet The Local Developer, He Is Immersed In A Quagmire Of Corruption That Will Put His Integrity To The Ultimate Test. Robert Edric. In het corrupte en bureaucratische Engeland van de 22e eeuw, dat lijdt aan de desastreuze gevolgen van een klimaatverandering, krijgt een ambtenaar opdracht te onderzoeken of een van de belegerde steden kan worden herontwikkeld