Dark Side Crossing

About the Book

A modern historical fiction ranging between the 60's and the 80's in Britain and Europe. The core of the action deals with how the Paris Spring and Summer of Love of 1968 metamorphosed into the Baader Meinhof revolution and the death of a kind of innocence in Stammheim Prison in 1977/78. The narrative tracks a young man who took a wrong turn at the beginning of that time and found himself on a road without an exit until it reached its brutal end. Returning after 20 years of exile he looks up an old friend only to find a corpse. He contacts her church and finds a murderous cult. He falls in love but brings danger to his lover's door. His enemies have not forgotten him. There is no escape from the dark side but he is determined to cross over. To do so he must first confront the terrible events of his past.

About the Author

The author is now a UK Human Rights lawyer but he was a participant in the socialist revolution which attempted to change Britain and Europe in the 70's and learned many harsh lessons as a result, most of which he has put to practical use since. Nowadays his run ins with authority are couched in politer language but they are still informed by the same love of freedom and the same hatred of totalitarianism in all its forms. A committed mountaineer in his spare time the writer still enjoys travelling to faraway peaks but he has also learned that their summits are not quite as important as the self-realisation their environment fosters. He is married with 4 grown up children.