1941

Book Description

London, 1941. The bombs are falling-but something far older is waking beneath the streets.

As the Blitz tears apart roads, railway stations and shelters, a bomb crater in Kingsway reveals an ancient staircase descending into darkness. Road foreman Thomas Reed expects another dangerous repair job. Instead, his crew discovers the entrance to a forgotten network of prison roads buried beneath London.

At Aldwych Station, air-raid warden Arthur Finch finds broken chains, forbidden records and warnings left by generations who knew the truth: some roads were never built to carry people. They were built to keep monsters contained.

With hungry creatures escaping into the burning city, Thomas and Arthur are drawn into a secret operation led by the determined Major Ashcroft. Armed with lanterns, road barriers, silver markings, battered tools and plenty of grim humour, ordinary workers must hold the line against the Feeders, the ancient First Hunter and the colossal force imprisoned at the heart of the Deep Roads.

The enemy above can be seen in the sky.

The enemy below has been waiting for centuries.

Blending wartime horror, dark fantasy, action and working-class humour, Punk Files Book 4: Black Prince - 1941: The Blitz Road tells the story of the roadmen, wardens and forgotten workers who became London's first defence against an older war beneath the city.

Some roads lead home. Others must never be opened.