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In this prequel to The Standing Ground, we travel back two generations to the origins of the oppressive E-Government state that infiltrates every aspect of people's lives in the decade following Brexit and a global pandemic. But, as the darkness overtakes Britain and other areas of Europe, the light of resistance wakes in a community that spans the Celtic outposts of Brittany and North Wales. And in a strange child, Myrddin Emrys, also known as Merlin.
Weaving together Arthurian legend and exploratory fiction of the near future, The Roots of the Ground explores the human cost of a monoculture that tramples freedom and privacy and asserts with Carl Jung that:
'As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.'
About the author
Jan Fortune was born in Middlesbrough and read theology at Cambridge. She completed a doctorate in feminist theology and has worked as a teacher, priest and charity director. She is the founding editor of Cinnamon Press, led numerous creative writing courses, and mentored writers who have gone on to publication. Her previous publications include non-fiction titles in alternative education and parenting, poetry, and novels, most recently Smiling at Grief in a House in a Forest where Life Grows. She blogs on writing and the writing life.
