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THE GREATEST APOCALYPTIC LOVE STORY EVER WRITTEN!

Thought-provoking and chilling at the same time…in a world consumed with the promise of AI-fuelled technologies, what dangers are we creating for ourselves?

Have we become overly dependent on technology to provide for us, and what might happen if it fails one day?

And if that happened, would love be enough to keep us going in the face of fear and adversity?


The last of the old breed, he works the street, part of a broken justice system he no longer trusts or believes in. He struggles to understand the new generation of street soldiers, and rails against the way technology has stripped the job of its humanity. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, he contemplates an uncertain future, unaware that fate has something shocking in store for him.

HE IS

THE IRON PIG

Drawn largely from the author’s personal memoirs, The Iron Pig spans a single set of shifts covering a four-day period. A gritty, first-person narrative, The Iron Pig follows Constable Eugene Archer, a seasoned police officer in the twilight of his career.

The novel immerses readers in the reality of life in patrol, including the camaraderie, banter, and gallows humor in the locker room, the procedural grind of daily briefings, and unpredictable calls ranging from domestic disputes to violent assaults, drunks, suicides, and petty complaints in between.

Beyond the calls, the book explores themes of burnout, moral ambiguity, public scrutiny, and private struggles as Archer wrestles with divorce, his strained relationship with his daughter, and his jaded yet lingering desire to serve. Through humour, sharp dialogue, and realistic detail, the book portrays policing as a mixture of heroism, banality, and trauma, with the more than occasional splash of black humour.

Interwoven throughout is a subplot of two teenagers who hatch a plot to make a name for themselves by shooting up their High School, only for their plans to go awry, bringing them face to face with Constable Archer during the thundering climax.