The Ordinary Dawn

A trilogy of near-future Britain

No tanks. No coup.
No announcement.

Just a new way of saying things, one ordinary morning at a time. Three novels about a country that loses its words, the family that notices, and the signal that answers.

Andrew Hayward

The Ordinary Dawn Trilogy is one continuous story, told across three books and read in order: the capture of a country through its vocabulary, the years in which Britain speaks with one pleasant voice, and the network that teaches it to speak without permission.

“They’ve made surrender measurable.”

— from The Ordinary Dawn

The official trailer

The Ordinary Dawn — Book One. 48 seconds.

Start at the beginning

The story begins with The Ordinary Dawn, on a Monday morning that looks like every other Monday morning. Read the opening — the prologue and first chapter, about seventeen minutes — or read about the world it happens in.

Paperback, hardcover and Kindle editions of all three books are in preparation with Foreshore Publishing. Ask to be told when they publish.