Tom Berwick, author of dystopian political thrillers

Tom Berwick, The North Awakens, Dreamers Can't Die Book 1. An empty gallows stands on a rain-soaked London rooftop as the sun sets behind the city.
Cover of The North Awakens by Tom Berwick: an empty gallows on a London rooftop at sunset, between the glass towers of Canary Wharf, under a crescent moon.

Book 1 of Dreamers Can’t Die

The North Awakens

The gallows are British. The hands on the strings are not.

The United Kingdom, 2061. The Shield Party rules from four glass towers in Canary Wharf, and an algorithm tells the nation what to believe. Then the new Home Secretary asks the wrong question.

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About Tom

Tom grew up in Northumberland. He read Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge before moving to London. Nostalgia for the North East, together with an appetite for subversion, inspired his current series.

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