Books set in working-class England during Thatcher's reign.
Two cities. One movement. One man at the centre of it all.
Salford, 1989.
Ricky Croft is seventeen, stuck in a dead-end life, until he feels the bass. In a packed warehouse rave, everything changes. The music, the pills, the unity, it’s freedom. But the man opening that door, The Dove, is also flooding the streets with drugs… and he’s got his eye on Ricky.
Liverpool, 1981.
Aiden Campbell watches his world burn during the Toxteth riots. Years later, he’s pulled into a rising underground empire built on a new drug no one understands yet, ecstasy. As rave culture explodes, so does the pressure: from crime families, from his past, and from the man he’s becoming.
From riot-torn streets to euphoric dancefloors, E and Wings of the Dove tell one connected story, of working-class kids who built something unforgettable out of nothing, even as it threatened to destroy them.
A raw, electrifying journey through the birth of acid house, loyalty, identity, and escape.
Authentic novels written from within.