Home Fire

Isma is free. After years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she is finally resuming her dream of studying in America. But she canât stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London â" or their brother, Parvaiz, whoâs disappeared in pursuit of his own dream: to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew.
Then Eamonn enters the sistersâ lives. Handsome and privileged, the son of a powerful British Muslim politician, Eamonn has his own birthright to live up to â" or defy. Is he to be a chance at love? The means of Parvaizâs salvation? Two familiesâ fates are inextricably, devastatingly entwined in this searing novel that asks: what sacrifices will we make in the name of love?

Based on Sophoclesâ classic tragedy Antigone, Home Fire is a story of personal aspiration and family duty, of love in conflict with politics, and the inescapability of bitter history.