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The Net

Soft Apocalypse

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Pub Date Apr 28 2026 | Archive Date Jun 05 2026


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Description

In Redeemed from Time, Pee-Bee sheds the burden of his family’s past. A new life beckons. But Clean, an emerging populist party, and the Euphoria Church are challenging the status quo, triggering civil unrest across the nation. In London, rival gangs battle to secure their territory. Pee-Bee is drawn into the turmoil when, having witnessed a failed terrorist attack, he has to go into hiding for his own protection. That means, once again and against his better judgment, calling on Melchizedek for advice and direction.

As before, Pee-Bee finds himself confronting Sir Roderick Nugent and Dr Calveyrac but the struggle ahead is of a different order to anything he has faced before. Instinct tells him his first responsibility is to himself. However, there are others who need rescuing, including a young boy with an extraordinary claim on Pee-Bee. As he navigates his way forward, Pee-Bee has to work out the difference between a net, which saves you when falling, and a trap.

In Redeemed from Time, Pee-Bee sheds the burden of his family’s past. A new life beckons. But Clean, an emerging populist party, and the Euphoria Church are challenging the status quo, triggering...


A Note From the Publisher

D N Matthews was formerly the head teacher of a comprehensive school in South London. He is now Churchwarden of Ipswich Minster and director of a small company dedicated to improving the urban environment. In addition to ‘Redeemed from Time’, he has written another novel, That They Might Lovely Be, poetry and a play, based on the life of Cicely Mary Barker, which has been professionally performed. The Net is the second novel in the Soft Apocalypse trilogy. Its sequel, Clouds Unfold, is to follow. D N Matthews lives in East Anglia.

D N Matthews was formerly the head teacher of a comprehensive school in South London. He is now Churchwarden of Ipswich Minster and director of a small company dedicated to improving the urban...


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ISBN 9781806345946
PRICE £4.99 (GBP)
PAGES 464

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