Rockstar Ending
2 primary works • 3 total works
Book 0.5
When Bowie-obsessed IT guy Bob leaves his job at the bank to work in school surveillance, he is expecting an easy life. He could not be more wrong.
They say the cameras keep the children safe. So no-one objects when their images are used to feed a revolutionary new teaching system that guarantees extraordinary results. But when Bob meets Lexi, a teacher shaken by the tragic suicide of a teenage pupil, he begins to question whether replacing humans with corporate machines is in the children’s best interests.
For Those About to Rock is the prequel to Rockstar Ending, the definitive dystopia for the coming decade. Through the eyes of two ordinary people who will go on to do extraordinary things, it charts the gradual rise of Yuthentic, a populist political movement, and its sinister private sector partner, as they prepare to set in motion a terrifying series of events.
If you like Black Mirror, The Handmaid’s Tale or the Blue Ant series, then you’ll love this book.
Book 1
London. 2027. An ordinary woman discovers she is capable of extraordinary things. When Lexi finds out that older people are being coerced into genocide by stealth, she vows to take on the sinister corporation behind the ultimate Rockstar Ending.
It’s hard to resist their invitation to a pain-free suicide with a glamorous spin, a seductive soundtrack, and a killer inheritance tax exemption. After her best friend’s mother books a one-way ticket, Lexi sets out on a rescue mission that takes her deep into the terrifying heart of the death factory.
In a turbulent political landscape, the Yuthentic movement has driven a rift between generations, promoting the redistribution of wealth to younger people by all possible means. Technology is weaponised to manipulate the victims in secret as social media, artificial intelligence and all manner of robots are deployed to undermine humanity.
But the underground resistance is growing. How can an unconventional band of unlikely heroes stop the killing – before it’s all too late?
Rockstar Ending is the first book in a terrifyingly plausible dystopian series steeped in the social and political issues that will dominate the coming decade.
If you like Black Mirror, The Handmaid’s Tale or the Blue Ant trilogy, you’ll love Rockstar Ending.
Book 2
They came to kill her best friend’s elderly mother. Now Lexi can’t rest until she has exposed the sinister corporation behind the hidden genocide. She’s tried the politicians. The media don’t care. When she hits on a way to grab the headlines, she’s in serious danger. If they find out what she has done, Lexi and her soulmate Bob will lose everything.
The ruling party, Yuthentic, is using all possible means to siphon wealth away from old people. While five survivors of the world’s most persuasive assisted suicide campaign fight for their freedom, the death machine that came for them in Rockstar Ending is unstoppable. Thousands more elders are taken and terrifying plans are afoot to widen the net. How can a handful of amateur activists halt the killing?
Rock On is the second book in the chillingly plausible dystopian Rockstar Ending series, steeped in the social and political dilemmas that dominate the 2020s. The novels blend glimmers of dark humour with acutely observed cultural references and include a playlist of the songs that run through the story.
If you are a fan of speculative fiction such as Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Handmaid’s Tale and Black Mirror you’ll love this book.