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2024 - The Toolmaker's Son
2024: The Toolmaker’s SonA farcical tale of family, farce, and a full-blown political overreaction
In a Britain gripped by paranoia and ruled by the iron-fisted Pierce Larner, the communist-turned-dictatorial leader of the Labour Party, civil unrest is mounting — and he’s determined to crush it. The police are deployed to root out the culprits, and soon intelligence services claim they’ve uncovered a dangerous new right-wing extremist cell.
The suspects? The Bunting family.
It all starts with Trent Bunting, aged 9, who just wants to impress his mates in their not-so-dangerous childhood gang. Inspired by his older brother Ben’s endless leftist rants and protest antics, Trent decides to rebel — by forming a group with the exact opposite politics. Their campaign? Childish nationalist protests, complete with hand-painted signs, ridiculous slogans, and secret meetings in a woodland den.
Trent blackmails Ben into doing the gang’s online publicity by threatening to reveal his stash to their mum. Ben agrees — but sees an opportunity for revenge, crafting a wildly exaggerated campaign that makes the kids look like budding fascist revolutionaries.
The authorities bite.
Inspector Franks, a grim-faced officer long passed over for promotion, sees his big break. Chief Inspector Karen Rodgers, a sharp-elbowed careerist hungry for national recognition, takes over the case. What starts as a joke quickly snowballs into a national security incident — with the Prime Minister himself brought into the loop.
Meanwhile, Jocasta Bunting, the meddling middle sibling, fans the flames at home by trying to get both brothers arrested for her own mysterious gain.
Let the misunderstandings snowball, the satire bite, and the arrests roll in — 2024: The Toolmaker’s Son is a fast-paced, razor-sharp romp through the absurdities of modern politics, online hysteria, and the hilariously catastrophic consequences of sibling rivalry.
In a Britain gripped by paranoia and ruled by the iron-fisted Pierce Larner, the communist-turned-dictatorial leader of the Labour Party, civil unrest is mounting — and he’s determined to crush it. The police are deployed to root out the culprits, and soon intelligence services claim they’ve uncovered a dangerous new right-wing extremist cell.
The suspects? The Bunting family.
It all starts with Trent Bunting, aged 9, who just wants to impress his mates in their not-so-dangerous childhood gang. Inspired by his older brother Ben’s endless leftist rants and protest antics, Trent decides to rebel — by forming a group with the exact opposite politics. Their campaign? Childish nationalist protests, complete with hand-painted signs, ridiculous slogans, and secret meetings in a woodland den.
Trent blackmails Ben into doing the gang’s online publicity by threatening to reveal his stash to their mum. Ben agrees — but sees an opportunity for revenge, crafting a wildly exaggerated campaign that makes the kids look like budding fascist revolutionaries.
The authorities bite.
Inspector Franks, a grim-faced officer long passed over for promotion, sees his big break. Chief Inspector Karen Rodgers, a sharp-elbowed careerist hungry for national recognition, takes over the case. What starts as a joke quickly snowballs into a national security incident — with the Prime Minister himself brought into the loop.
Meanwhile, Jocasta Bunting, the meddling middle sibling, fans the flames at home by trying to get both brothers arrested for her own mysterious gain.
Let the misunderstandings snowball, the satire bite, and the arrests roll in — 2024: The Toolmaker’s Son is a fast-paced, razor-sharp romp through the absurdities of modern politics, online hysteria, and the hilariously catastrophic consequences of sibling rivalry.
215 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 24, 2024
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