Green Park

In the aftermath of a limited nuclear war, England has become Green Park: a strange and oppressive state where everything is painted green, every citizen is watched, and nobody lives beyond the age of forty. Sophie Turner is an ordinary young woman living alone in New Sheffield, working at the Ministry of Prying, where citizens spy on one another and even romance requires official approval. Life is tightly controlled, endlessly monitored and carefully organised—until Sophie begins to notice things that do not fit the State’s version of reality. As curiosity draws her deeper into Green Park’s hidden corners, Sophie uncovers secrets that were never meant to be found. Beneath the city lurk forbidden survivors. Dissidents vanish without trace. The terrifying Room 202 waits for those who ask the wrong questions. Then an impossible visitor arrives from beyond the sky, shattering everything the State claims to understand about the world. As society begins to fracture, Sophie finds herself caught between loyalty and truth, safety and freedom, survival and humanity. Part dystopian thriller, part mystery, part exploration of what it means to remain human in an inhuman system, Green Park is a haunting and thought-provoking novella about control, resistance, fear and hope. As the world above burns and the future becomes uncertain, Sophie must decide whether she is merely another piece on the board—or whether she can learn to play by her own rules.