IT HAPPENED HERE
In a chillingly credible near-future Britain, a new government sweeps to power with a radical agenda. For some, life will never be the same again.
Bryan and Philip are living a comfortable life with their adopted children in London and barely give a thought to how the change of government might affect them. But little by little the family and their friends – gay and straight – begin to discover their way of life is under threat. When the family are forced to go on the run from the authorities, they are faced with impossible choices, and soon find out who their true friends really are.

Includes instances of violence, prejudice and bullying that some readers may find upsetting.

“Brilliant, compelling, unsettling. Canaries chronicles the anaconda-like embrace of an authoritarian regime around its unsuspecting victims until it’s too late… at least for some. It couldn’t happen here? You’ll never think so again after reading this.” – Trevor Wood, award-winning author of The Man on the Street

“I blew through Canaries in under four hours. It’s been a very long time since a novel sunk its hooks into me to such an extent. Alex Makepeace assembles the components of the story with a deft touch, sending events tumbling faster and faster like a pebble caught in an avalanche. As a sense of glacial horror overwhelmed me, I kept wanting to reassure myself that it was safely fiction, but in the age of Brexit and Trump and Trump 2.0, it feels hubristic to set limits on the possible. If I sleep badly tonight, I’ll know where to direct the blame.” – Edwin Hayward, author of Slaying Brexit Unicorns: The Truth about our Decision to Leave the EU

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