"Potent, page-turning speculative fiction exploring brutal racism, indoctrination, and the power of love"
Part of the Ruled Britannia series, and set in the same world as Melvin Burgess’ Three Bullets, Peter Kalu’s One Drop is a punch-packing, thought-provoking dystopian novel. Written in urgent style, this thrusts readers into an unforgettable journey through the worst of humanity, with Britain governed by the white supremacist Bloods.
When Black Radicals Axel and Dune are arrested for being part of the Resistance, they’re taken to an Evangelical Realignment Centre and implanted with SIM chips designed to brainwash recipients with the Bloods’ ideology of a “brave new world” that’s “Clean. White. Beautiful.”
When the chips take effect, “they start rewriting people’s memories, their sense of who they are, what they believe in. They drip-feed Bloods propaganda till it takes over their minds.” The chips can “make a Muslim into a Christian. Have black folk believing they’re white. LGBT declare they’re straight.”
In the light of the current cultural climate — a world in which institutional and individual racism continues to cause deaths, a world in which women’s reproductive rights are being eroded — the description of the Bloods’ steady coming-to-power is especially pertinent and makes One Drop something of an electrifying, challenging wake-up call, with the love and resistance of its main characters driving an unforgettable story.
In war-torn Britain, inseparable Black Radicals Axel and Dune are arrested. With SIMs implanted in their heads, they are placed in a prison camp for those who defy the Bloods' white supremacist government. The SIMs brainwash them with the Bloods' evil philosophy, and drones constantly monitor their movements and thoughts.In this living nightmare, the couple battle to keep their love alive and to break free. The odds on survival are long. Dune and Axel have very different takes on how to escape. But when things come to a head, will their love hold them together and set them free, or will it tear them apart?
One Drop features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Romance / Relationship Stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Speculative, dystopian and utopian fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying, violence, abuse and peer pressure, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism, Fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics
One Drop is available in Ebook, Paperback
One Drop was written by Peter Kalu and published by Andersen Press Ltd
£5.99
