Steve Grieves

The Gates of Sedition Steve Grieves

This book was previously published under the title 'Alithiea' A fast paced, UK based, Political Thriller that pits the residents of a rundown, British housing estate 'Riverside' against the full might of the British Government and its security forces. The Chinese Government, the CIA, and the secret world of Freemasonry, all conspire against what the British Prime Minister sees as the undeserving poor; the lazy workshy underclass, or simply as subversive terrorists. The story is set in the near future, a time when the United Kingdom has left the European Union and war has devastated the Middle East. Poverty has led to anarchy and an increasingly divided society. Since the secession from the EU, successive governments have wrestled with the UK's isolated and crumbling economy leading them to introduce increasingly draconian policies, and to make economic and political alliances with unlikely bedfellows. The people of Riverside have experienced firsthand the effects of austerity, and have watched as the worldwide movements for progressive change, from the Anonymous face mask wearers to the Occupy movements in Wall St and London, have been crushed with the free internet being shut down under the heel of the globalised 'Free Market' elites all under the banner of the so called, 'war against terror'. Now, it comes time for the Residents of the estate themselves to directly face the forces of oppression, and, as they do so, come face to face with the ultimate choice.