James Jobling

National Emergency James Jobling

Publisher Marketing: "Chilling and frightfully relevant. A remarkable debut." Adam Millard, author of DEAD CELLS and SKINNERS When a black youth dies under suspicious circumstances in police custody, and they refuse to release his body, rioting erupts, running the length of the country, copycat behaviour occurring in nearly every major city. From London to Manchester, shops are looted; businesses burnt down to the ground, feral anarchy claiming the streets. Decent, hard-working people are forced out of their homes as tens of thousands of people take to the streets, outnumbering the police, rendering them powerless, the underprivileged majority sick of having no job, no hope, no future. Ethan Hardcastle knows about these senseless riots. Like millions of others, he has been glued to the TV, watching the news, but it's not his problem. There's nothing he can do about it. However, soon the security of living away from the pulsating heart of the city is fundamentally tested when the sound of the dining room window shattering fills him with horror: the looters are inside his home. "National Emergency is a terrifying, blow-by-blow account of one family's descent into Hell. Unforgettable." Jeremy Peterson, author of A Devil in God's Country Contributor Bio:  Millard, Adam Adam Millard is the author of thirteen novels and more than a hundred short stories, which can be found in various collections and anthologies. Probably best known for his post-apocalyptic fiction, Adam also writes fantasy/horror for children. He created the character Peter Crombie, Teenage Zombie just so he had something decent to read to his son at bedtime. Adam also writes Bizarro fiction for several publishers, who enjoy his tales of flesh-eating clown-beetles and rabies-infected derrieres so much that they keep printing them. His "Dead" series has been the filling in a Stephen King/Bram Stoker sandwich on Amazon's bestsellers chart, and the translation rights have recently sold to German publisher, Voodoo Press. Adam also writes for This Is Horror, whose columnists include Shaun Hutson, Simon Bestwick and Simon Marshall-Jones. Adam lives in the post-apocalyptic landscape known as Wolverhampton, England, with his wife, Zoe, and son, Phoenix.