Lockdown Alpha

As COVID-19 brings the world to its knees one woman's obsession threatens to upend a relationship in Lockdown Alpha a thrilling new novel by Karl Shergill. When a blossoming romance is suddenly locked down alongside the rest of society a would-be lover's all-consuming infatuation spirals into stalking. Isolated and impervious to rejection she ensnares her desired partner in a web of escalating manipulation and control. <br>Interlaced with scenes of the pandemic remaking familiar landscapes into ghost towns this psychological page-turner explores the terror of individuals trying to connect in a fractured world. Skirting the line between insidious and insane the stalker's disturbing yet magnetic presence permeates the story as both a fitting avatar for these unmoored times and an unsettling embodiment of them. <br>Lockdown Alpha fuses interpersonal horror with societal collapse while asking pressing questions about what happens when our handles on reality start to fray.