Fault Lines - my debut novel, about systems, place, and where we choose to stand
I’m pleased to share that my debut novel, Fault Lines, is now available on Amazon kindle.
Set in Scotland, the story follows Lena as she leaves the central belt and moves north to a coastal town shaped by wind farms, industry, and promises of transition. What begins as an opportunity, work, independence, a fresh start, slowly becomes a deeper reckoning with the systems we build, the landscapes we inhabit, and the relationships that hold us steady when those systems falter.
At its heart, Fault Lines is a novel about contrast and counterpoint: human care set against large, indifferent infrastructure; optimism alongside inherited scepticism; the pull of progress measured against the weight of lived experience. Wind turbines recur throughout the book — imposing, elegant, relentless — not as symbols of hope or failure, but as reminders that even the biggest systems depend on attention, maintenance, and people.
The novel moves between generations, perspectives, and moments of quiet interiority. It’s grounded in place, in towns shaped by energy, work, and weather, and interested in how personal choices sit within wider economic and environmental change. Rather than offering neat resolutions, Fault Lines is concerned with orientation: how we find our footing, how we learn where we stand, and what it means to belong without certainty.
This book grew slowly, through accumulation rather than urgency. It’s my first novel, and writing it has been a way of thinking carefully about change, not as a slogan or a policy goal, but as something lived, uneven, and human.
Fault Lines is available on Amazon Kindle. Thank you for reading and for your interest in this journey.