''Absolute piledriver of a dark future thriller that instantly hooks you and doesn''t let go till the end. Horribly believable and utterly compelling.'' Neil Williamson, author of The Moon King and Thirty Years of Rain ''Gripping near-future thriller with sharp political edges and scarily plausible projections, rooted in intimate knowledge of real places.'' Ken MacLeod, award-winning author of The Star Fraction and The Sky Road ''Intricate, challenging and thrilling. * * * * * '' Whispering Stories ''One of the most chilling depictions of the near future since "Children of Men".'' ''Superlative.'' Gary Gibson, award-nominated author of Stealing Light ''Will engage readers and provoke fear in equal measure. For as Britain as a whole and Scotland in particular stand today at the cusp of a momentous and unclear future, October Song has tapped into this uncertainty and offers a future vision in thriller form.'' Oban Times COIRA KEIR is a long-serving police officer. Abrasive, but respected by her peers, she has an enviable track record. When a bomb explodes outside the North British Council Building at Holyrood, Edinburgh, dozens of bystanders are left dead. Among the critically wounded is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, whose safety was Keir''s responsibility. Now Keir is missing. Army veteran Sebastian Blakeslee is an operational advisor for MI5, the domestic security agency of the United Kingdom. Lorna Ainsworth is the agency''s territorial chief. Thrust together in charge of a joint police and MI5 taskforce, the pair must track Keir down before more bombs go off. What follows is a cat-and-mouse chase towards the front of an intensifying war - along a wild coast where thousands of desperate boat-borne refugees are hiding. Meanwhile, someone seems prepared to go to extraordinary lengths to stop Keir being found. With elements of political action thriller, police procedural, and spy novel, October Song will take you on a gripping roller-coaster ride through a world on the edge of collapse. (Contains adult situations, occasional strong violence, strong language) ''As she drifts into the narrows there''s a noise from downwind, somewhere in front of her. She squints into the dark and raises her binoculars again. What the ...? Some kind of battle is taking place on the bridge. Breathing very fast, she strains for details. Even in moonlight, it''s too dim for her night vision to make out much. There''s a scrum of movement, and a growing roar of voices. And clanging - lots of clanging. Also thumps, like haunches of meat being dropped on a floor. She sees a flash of something bright and metallic. There are screams. Something falls noisily off the bridge right in front of her, barely three kayak lengths away.'' Readers are saying: '' * * * * * Ru Pringle is my new Favourite author!'' R. Smith, Amazon Feb 2019 ''* * * * * I have just read this for the second time, and it is even better than I remembered'' L Morpurgo, Amazon, Sept 2019 '' * * * * * I''ve not spent seven straight hours reading a novel for a very long time, I was engrossed from the first chapter.'' P Quigley, Amazon Oct 2018 '' * * * * * Best thriller I''ve read in years. You''ll be hooked, and surprised, right to the end.'' M Irvine, Kobo Oct 2018 '' * * * * * A fabulous read, and one which keeps you "turning" the pages!'' Mike B, Amazon Oct 2018 '' * * * * * I devoured this novel on holiday ... gets you compulsively turning the pages to find out what happens but at the same time you don''t want to reach the end because then the experience will be over.'' A Barron, Amazon Oct 2018 Categories: Survival Police Officers Spy Corporations On the Run