Pilgrim Tale - Tim Murgatroyd

In the middle years of the 22nd century, humanity is dying. It is a time when a genetically-modified elite maintains discipline over humankind by way of murderous airborne drones. These overlords are utterly ruthless in their desire to exploit the power of science to live forever. When strangers arrive in Baytown, a decaying Yorkshire village by the sea, they threaten Michael Pilgrim, his community, and all he holds dear with annihilation. Pilgrim's struggle for survival against these strangers pits him against the overlords and their unrestrained technology. Will Pilgrim succeed in altering his community's destiny? Pilgrim must not only win allies among the bizarre cast of characters he encounters but also conquer dangerous foes closer to home.

Tim Murgatroyd was brought up in Yorkshire. He read English at Hertford College, Oxford University and now lives with his family in York. He is the author of several novels of historical fiction and a poetry series. Pilgrim Tale is the first book in his Pilgrim Trilogy

"Pilgrim Tale … is peopled by characters who have the mad and detailed oddness of the gargoyles that peer down from the higher reaches of our great cathedrals … [I]t burns with a sense of the unjustness of things in a way that is wholly relevant to the world we live in today" -The Press, York

"This imagining of a bleak, divided world is gripping, frightening and filled with fascinating characters … This is writing that asks us to reconsider our place in world politics, even whilst it explores personal struggles. It offers a vision of the future that is terrifyingly possible and at the same time outlandishly and pleasurably inventive" -Abi Curtis, Author of Water & Glass