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  • Published: 15 August 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241331231
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $22.99

Brother in the Land




Reissued with a powerful new cover for the Originals series of iconic teen fiction

An 'After-the-Bomb' story told by teenage Danny, one of the survivors - one of the unlucky ones. Set in Shipley, an ordinary town in the north of England, this is a powerful portrayal of a world that has broken down. Danny not only has to cope in a world of lawlessness and gang warfare, but he has to protect and look after his little brother, Ben, and a girl called Kim. Is there any hope left for a new world?

  • Published: 15 August 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241331231
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $22.99

About the authors

Robert Swindells

ROBERT SWINDELLS left school at fifteen to work on a local newspaper. At seventeen, he joined the RAF for three years, then trained and worked as a teacher. He went on to become the author of a number of bestselling titles for the Random House children's list, and in 1994 he won the Carnegie Medal for STONE COLD.