Synopsis "No one Gets out Alive: Morality, Terrorism and ipa (in English)"
So, it’s the weekend, you are free from your boring job. You have done all your chores and bought groceries. Now, you just want to relax in your favourite bar with a nice pint of IPA and read a book - or maybe just surf the web. Sounds good, eh?Now, suppose you get there and have just settled in, when the bar is taken over by an armed terrorist. This guy wants to kill you and destroy the building you are in. It turns out that, even though you have never met him, he hates you. You personally.There is going to be a lot of death on this particular Saturday and you are going to choose who dies: thousands of strangers or the people you love. What would you do? Because it may not be what you think. You may not believe what you think you believe….Please note that this is not a science fiction book. I mean it - I’m not being ironic or trying to trick you into buying a science fiction book, disguised as a not-science fiction book. If you have read the prologue, you could be forgiven for thinking that. But no, it really is totally down to earth. You see what I did there. Anyway, there are just two aliens in the whole book and only one of them features in the action. The rest is all humans and it all takes place here on Earth. The aliens are only there as a literary device. They could have been Buddhist monks but that wouldn’t work because … well, read the story and you will see. So, if it isn’t science fiction, then what is it? Good question. I can say for sure that it is not a crime thriller or a love story (although there is a tiny hint of romance). Apart from that, it is sort of all genres and none at all. You will find in these pages, politics, philosophy, religion, atheism, feminism, racism, fascism, love, war, death, social justice, sex, terrorism … and a cry across the aeons from an antediluvian civilisation.This is a story about our society and the mistakes we are making but it is also about the personal journey that each of us must take in order to evolve as individuals and, from that, as a species.The story revolves around a would-be terrorist and his intended victims. We look at what brought him to the place where he thought killing was a good idea. More than that, we explore why it really isn’t a good idea, the true consequences of his actions and his alternatives.Furthermore, it is commentary on the polarisation of society around politics, belief and thought. The book explores this division and gives a clear warning about the dangers of binary thinking.The central characters give a starting point for fixing things but do not provide answers. The point of this story is to hold a mirror and allow us to see ourselves and what we are making of our time here on earth.Because, after all, no one gets out alive.
