General Incivility

When a general election in the United Kingdom results in a volatile coalition gaining control of the House of Commons, the Rt Hon Aileen Barrow, MP becomes the most powerful enforcer in Westminster. As the Chief Whip carries out her duties to the Government with a keen eye and sharp tongue, she realises that politics is no sheepfold, and that the next rung of the political ladder is always within reach.

Imagined and written in the midst of global heartache, universal tragedy, social revolution, and oppression by governing entities, Emily Africa provides a speculative reckoning of ambition, accountability, and power.