Adam Colclough lives and works in the West Midlands, he writes regularly for a number of websites, one day he will get round to writing a book for someone else to review.
Stanton is a city that has turned its back on the modern world, banning invasive technology and artificial intelligence. No social media, no helpful algorithms doing the shopping. An earthly paradise? Maybe not
When her niece is abducted Lucie Sterling knows the crime is linked somehow to the children's bodies that have been turning up, each one loaded with illegal nanotechnology. Getting answers though will involve entering Green Valley, an enclave set-up by people who couldn't bear to unplug from their devices.
In the virtual world being its wall Green Valley is a place where nothing is what it seems; and everything has the potential to be deadly.
This novel brings together the thriller and science fiction genres with contemporary concerns about technology. Greenberg creates an unsettling picture of a future that might be just around the corner.
He also quietly questions whether a world without technology might be such an easy place in which to live. Those of his characters located in Stanton have to grapple with difficulties including sending messages via a network of pneumatic tubes.
His description of Green Valley has more than a little about it of the horrors associated with Jonestown. Idealism turned sour as true believers are driven to ever more extreme measures to keep alive a dream that has become a deadly delusion.
This is Greenberg's first stand-alone novel published in the UK, it suggests he has the potential to be a darkly prophetic voice for our turbulent times.
