Set over five days of late summer, Paths Not Yet Taken is 340 intriguing, thought-provoking pages of crises, action and emotion, punctuated by wry humour and the occasional laugh.It's a satirical drama - total fiction, but only a stone's throw or a pitching wedge from actually happening. A contemporary novel where the actions and inactions of the main characters offers hope to all of us... eventually.A ministerial visit to a Midlands food distribution centre goes badly wrong. A senior figure vanishes without trace. The nationwide search for the missing person and the potential abductors creates huge issues for government, the security services, a local police force, and for one man who inadvertently ends up at the centre of things. Just where he's dreamt of being... and now wishes he wasn't.If you like drink, dogs, golf or guns, this book definitely has plenty for you. If you don't, then there's always the ongoing chaos, the political shenanigans, the love stories and the drama to keep you occupied.Ultimately, one spur-of-the-moment decision is the catalyst for others - including the reader - to reflect on their own lives and to consider decisive actions of their own.Just try not to think about the sausage.Paths Not Yet Taken - winner of the Literary Titan Gold Book Award for Fiction.