OUTSIDE

(The Phoenix Book 1)

The economic powerhouse of The City dominates the nation. Those born Citizens lead a gilded life, working hard four days a week and playing harder the other three, while the state is governed like a business.

But that life comes to an end for journalist Rory Kennet when he is Removed to the Outside after investigating the disappearance of a civil servant on behalf of a friend.

Rory begins a new life, stealing from rich Citizens to help the poor on the Outside while searching for the truth behind The City’s Removals policy. But he had no idea that what he would discover would also shed a new light on his whole existence…

Aaron Gransby’s debut novel is a fast-moving thriller that is also a thought-provoking warning about where our society could be heading in the near future.