Published June 2011

Set in an economic down-turn, The Elders focuses on rising street crime, a failing justice system, and an up-side-down welfare state which doles out benefits to pregnant teenagers and the serial unemployed with one hand, while short-changing deserving pensioners with the other. It's a tale of a grey generation taking control of its destiny and ensuring that its voice is heard in the corridors of power.

Gerald Cornfield's sixtieth birthday is a wake up call. Realising his days behind the counter at Pixley Green sub post office are numbered, he's compelled to re-think his life and look to new horizons. With his friend Eddie Bates, who owns the local cafe, they begin a crusade which will take them far beyond their initial intentions to create a more equitable society, with radical plans to recapture the streets from the feral gangs who've raised two fingers to authority and brought fear to the Surrey village.