The Tomorrow Project

By: H. Critchlow

Narrated by: Amy Noble

In 2050s London, fear grips like a vice as a deadly virus sweeps the globe. The British prime minister tells her people to remain calm. A vaccine will be available soon, and as a precautionary measure children will be whisked away to undisclosed locations, kept safe until the storm passes.

Marianne, Downing Street press secretary, doesn’t realise the futility until it is far, far too late. When the truth hits her, Marianne is forced to choose: stay with her family, or do whatever she can to help the doomed survive.

As London falls, seven-year-old Maia is one of the last to escape the city. In an evacuation camp, she binds herself to Finn – in the absence of everything she knew, he becomes her everything.

Yet as the years roll on and hope fades, Maia sees the bubble of safety is also a prison. She realises there is only one choice – to leave the camp and find what remains on the outside.

©2025 H Critchlow (P)2025 Bolinda Publishing

Critic reviews

‘Critchlow has the ability to observe humanity at its worst – and heart-rending best. A worthy addition to the end-times dystopian canon.’ (Jo Furniss, author of Dead Mile and The Last to Know)

Very enjoyable character-driven apocalypse

If you're looking for lots of action, skip this. In fact, it started very slowly. About an hr. in I fell asleep for an hr. or 2 and didn't scrub back. I woke up as the children are at the end of the line on the train they've taken to escape the virus. Doesn't seem like I missed anything important. So, yes, this is very character-driven, which I enjoyed. There's enough action and enough mystery of what happened to London after a decade, etc. to hold my interest. Very well written and the audio narration was really good.