Paul Tinto
In a bleak Inverness midwinter, Luisaidh is careening off the rails after the suicide of her best friend. She medicates her misery with joyless sex, chips and a belief in the power of positive drinking. Surrounded by bittersweet memories, she struggles to find someone to talk to or some reason to make life worthwhile at the most stressful time of the year.
Sophie has been with the Community for nearly a decade, a pastoral existence where brotherhood and faith are stronger than blood and bone. After a series of deaths, Sophie considers the potential of her own. When Sophie is stricken with illness amidst England's green and pleasant lands, she weighs up her options: her life or that of the others? In a community where the "we" prevails over the "I", sacrifices for the greater good are not to be taken lightly. A psychological thriller set in an off-the-grid English commune, NEW GODS follows one woman's escape and asks at what cost comes self-interest in a corrupted utopia.
