The End of Everything (2026)

The End of Everything is set in a near-future Britain in which some disaster, or combination of disasters, seems to have occurred, and yet its inhabitants continue to attempt to maintain some semblance of their old routines and rituals. Infrastructure has mostly collapsed, the political landscape is dysfunctional, Europe appears to be ‘missing’ and Britain is shadowed by a vaguely understood but seemingly ongoing crisis associated with an enigmatic, ostensibly “alien” presence referred to as the "iGhetti." The primary narrative follows Phillip Tennent, a man living on the Kent coast who makes his living as a beachcomber, searching the shoreline for washed-up objects of potential value. Early in the book, Phillip discovers an unusual ‘artefact’, which while compared to organic matter and possessing infant-like qualities, it is generally ill-defined other than by its potential sale value, and Phillip initially focuses on trying to find a buyer for the ‘object’.