Based on real events, Journey Through Life follows one man's struggle to hold his world together when his estranged son turns up on his doorstep one night, beaten, desperate, and in need of help.

Raised on a tough council estate in Birmingham but now in his late forties, the father thought he'd escaped the chaos of his youth having built a comfortable life in London: a marriage, children, and a hooligan past he rarely mentions.

But the sudden arrival of his twenty-eight-year-old son, born from a brief teenage relationship, shatters that fragile peace.

Determined to right old wrongs, he opens his home and his heart but almost immediately, the cracks begin to appear. Battling guilt, loyalty, and a son whose behaviour grows more manipulative by the day, the story returns to Birmingham and a world he thought he'd left behind.

Finding himself wading through the murky underbelly of drug dealers, corrupt police officers, and long-buried secrets, what begins as an attempt at reconciliation soon becomes a fight for survival.

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• Crime, Thriller & MysteryCrime FictionBritish & IrishEnglish
• Literature & Fiction

• Publication Date: April 24, 2026
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• Print Length: 772 Pages
• File Size: 11 KB