Book excerpt: Not all that glitters is gold. Sometimes it’s a deadly trap. Lawrence Aldingford has sworn to destroy the Value System of Nightminster. Donald Aldingford plots a counter-revolution against the fanatics of the National Party. Sarah-Kelly Newman is determined to expose the crimes of the glory trusts. Then suddenly all three are on the run for their lives! Despite their mutual loathing, Donald and Lawrence embark on a long and dangerous winter journey hoping to gain asylum with the Church of Nuclear Science. On the way, they discover not all that glitters is gold—sometimes it’s a deadly trap. Meanwhile, Sarah-Kelly’s Atrocity Commission is reaching farther and farther from London. The Church of Nuclear Science is the third book of the Sovereigns of the Collapse dystopian thriller series.