Anthony Etherington

Some Other Eden

Cairo, 2010. As the vast city swelters in the summer heatwave, anti-government protesters take to the streets.

When visiting businessman Geoff Ward is kidnapped, his client Khaled and Khaled’s sister, Layla, a prominent activist, set out to find the Englishman. Meanwhile, back in the UK, Geoff’s wife, Angie, frustrated by her feelings of helplessness and the government’s apparent ineffectiveness, contacts an old family friend, Shimon, to ask for help.

Who has taken Geoff and why? Can his would-be rescuers work together to find him? And how will Angie and her two teenage children cope with his disappearance?

Anthony Etherington has written several teleplays and screen dramas. One of these, Yellow Dragon and the Red Fox, won Best Screenplay awards at the European Independent Film Festival and the International Film Festival of Wales in 2014. Two of his short scripts – Flotsam and Gemma’s War – have been filmed and can be viewed on YouTube. His debut novel, Europia, was published in 2022. Some Other Eden is his second novel.