The Horse at the Gates Review

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The Horse at the Gates ReviewPredicting the future is never a science and can result in wildly inaccurate assumptions. Addressing a highly polemical issue can also result in a lonely life. DC Alden has done both in his second novel. The Horse at the Gates is a moving account of something that we would all dread happening and at a time not too far off in the future either.
Afghanistan has been handed to the UN and the negotiating tables, Britain is a paid up member of the EU and uses the Euro as currency, Pakistan teeters on civil war - that's before the book even starts and the reader needs to pick up the clues throughout. It all goes rapidly wrong with a major blast in Islamabad and following ones taking out both Downing Street and the largest mosque in Luton. Islam rears up seeking revenge.
Could the scenario that develops actually happen? After seeing Children of Men with Clive Owen, it would seem that Alden is not the only one thinking about calamitous times in the first half of this century.
However, there is a dry wit behind the writing. It is not a comedy in any way but it captures the spirit of the main players, from the deposed Prime Minister to the Royal Marine who clearly learnt about life whilst working in the Ghan. Some of the predictions are natural developments of what we use on a day-to-day basis, some are scary, not only in their plausibility but also their finality.
The book has a number of layers - for instance the storyline is bold, contentious and bound to attract naysayers. The characters are called to perform in testing times and their fallibility is conceivable. The British approach is highlighted and there are some delightfully wry and subtle observations about how we progress things. Clearly Alden has spent time researching his plot, characters and supporting data. As an ex soldier, he appreciates some of the demands that the challenges of instability require, as an ex actor (from Band of Brothers, no less) he builds a plot that can be translated through a number of media.
Although I tend to stick to non-fiction works, I was drawn to this by the sheer audacity of the plotline. The language within is well constructed and the pages turn easily as a result. Following the weave of the story is fun and also makes you think. All in all, I enjoyed the depth of the work, the bravery behind the idea, the prose to lead you along and the potential for further work by this more than capable author.The Horse at the Gates OverviewThe nightmare scenario,feared for so long by western governments, has finally come to pass - a nuclear bomb destroys Pakistan's capital Islamabad, plunging the region into chaos and forcing millions to seek sanctuary in the west. Europe's favourable asylum policies allow many to settle, while many more linger in huge refugee camps on Europe's border, waiting for the opportunity to enter the Promised Land.In Whitehall, Prime Minister Gabriel Bryce is increasingly concerned about the unending flow of refugees into Britain. Deeply troubled by reports of religious violence and crumbling communities, Bryce is determined to implement tough new immigration legislation to reverse the danger and restore order to the streets of Britain.However, before he can announce his decision a car bomb destroys Downing Street, leaving hundreds dead and wiping out most of the Cabinet. To the north of London a simultaneous explosion levels one of England's biggest mosques, triggering a storm of condemnation and protest from across the Islamic world.As Bryce recovers in a private London hospital, the biggest manhunt Britain has ever seen gets underway. The prime suspect is ex-soldier Danny Whelan, a disgruntled loner implicated in both atrocities who is forced to go on the run to escape the tightening noose. When the dust begins to settle over Whitehall and a new government is finally sworn in, both Bryce and Whelan begin to realise that a powerful conspiracy is at work, one that has quietly targeted western governments for decades.At the heart of that conspiracy is Tariq Saeed, former Cabinet minister and a key player in Britain's fledgling administration. To consolidate his growing power Saeed only has to remove Bryce from the public eye before he can manoeuvre the UK into a controversial treaty, one that will finally unlock the gates of Europe. Once signed, the resulting power shift will mark the end of the old continent, transforming its face for all time.

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