From the writer of dark comedy “Blessed with Bad Luck” comes a story about barriers in the digital age and a city hell bent on self-destruction.

Rome and Shunka live on opposite sides of the city walls, but it’s not only the walls that separate their lives, it’s the air they breathe.

Rome Shackleton, a cafe shop owner is having a bad day, it’s the ten year anniversary of a stunt that left him with a notorious reputation and a limp – his failed attempt to escape his home, New Hanoi. An off the books deal goes south with a local underworld bare knuckle fighter and the secretive Flower Factory sets their sights on him. He is plunged into an impossible choice, but in a world where every day is served the same he relished a chance for a change.

Across the walls the district of Little Tokyo buzzes in a fever of neon. Shunka, is a happy teenager, she is respected by her friends, has access to all the latest mods and hasn’t even thought about the walls around her since she was a child. Running an errand for her boyfriend, however, she is pulled into a trap that will reveal the city for what it is and all its sinister secrets.

“This book is a gem! As a reader it was incredible being brought into the experimental and dystopic world created by Aaron Lamb. The plot was gripping as Lamb cuts across the wall which divides the urban sprawl of New Hanoi and the new-generation, slightly disturbing Little Tokyo…”

“In this novel Pollen by Aaron Lamb, there is everything: science fiction, mystery and even romance. The insights the reader makes, by reading Pollen, can be applied to our society today.”

Aaron Lamb born in the Medway Towns, grew up in the gritty terrace housing of a main road to an industrial estate. Wrote his first novel aged 11 and hasn’t stop telling stories since. He has trekked extensively around the wilderness of Norway and Finland, ran a cabaret show in London’s Soho for four years, ran an ultra marathon and has lived in Eastern Cambodia. He now lives in Australia with his wife in a little flat with a fantastic garden and enjoys a beer in the evening and cooking interesting dinners!