Standalone thrillers
The Forbidden Zone
England, 1997 — Boys Club Camp is just like every other summer camp: strict officers, woodland games, and night-time pranks.
And yet one thirteen-year-old boy is plagued with questions: Why does the sound of howling cut through the cold night air? Why are the officers obsessed with the legacy of Boys Club’s long-dead founder? Why aren’t the boys allowed in the east woods?
Then people start disappearing.
Everyone thinks their summer camp officers are evil. Every summer camp feels like a fight for survival. Every child thinks there is something lurking in the woods. But maybe this time they’re right...
The Benevolent Dictator
Ben longs to be prime minister one day. But with no political connections, he is about to crash out of a Masters degree with no future. So when by chance he becomes fast friends with a young Arab prince, and is offered a job in his government, he jumps at the chance to get on the political ladder.
Amal dreads the throne. With Ben’s help he wants to reform his country, steering it onto a path towards democracy. But with the king’s health failing, revolutionaries in the streets, and terrorism threatening everyone, the country is about to tear itself apart.
The threat is closer than they realise. Someone in the government is plotting. And in the heat of the desert, transitions of power are rarely bloodless.
Praise
“Tom Trott has the uncanny ability to deftly weave a tale so thoroughly and smoothly that it flowed through my cranium like a well-cast movie.”
“A fast-paced and exciting book, yet there’s so much to think about too.”
“One of those books that you will be delighted to have discovered.”
“The writing here is superb, the story fascinating and the ideas bold. There is much to be admired in the writing of Tom Trott. The Benevolent Dictator is poignant and had me as a reader in the palm of its hand. Really spectacular.”
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