{"id":22723,"date":"2024-08-09T10:52:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T14:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=22723"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:09:26","slug":"the-second-coming","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/publication\/the-second-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"The Second Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fIBVzz7W7-I?si=f2duHoxTn_9CF1SB\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nIn the remnants of a fractured UK, England is on the brink of collapse where far-right militias rise to power. As Islamophobia and English nationalism ignite brutal violence, 19-year-old Marah Sultana is thrust into a fight for survival. Hunted by forces seeking control, she carries a secret powerful enough to change the course of the war\u2014and the future of the world. In a world in which America&#8217;s reign as a superpower has crumbled, its mercenaries now rule in its shadow,<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">The Second Coming<\/i>, Tariq Mehmood delivers a searing, unflinching narrative that mirrors his own lifelong struggle for justice. This novel is not just fiction\u2014it\u2019s a reflection of real-world battles. Mehmood&#8217;s powerful storytelling compels readers to confront uncomfortable truths while offering a gripping, emotional journey of resistance and survival.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A dystopian desi mash-up of <i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">The Handmaid\u2019s Tale,<\/i>\u00a0<i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Clockwork Orange,<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">V for Vendetta<\/i>.\u00a0<i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">The Second Coming<\/i> warns of the dangers of right-wing nationalism and white supremacy and imagines where such hate could take England if it is not, somehow, nipped in the bud. \u2014 <strong>Paul Cochrane<\/strong>, journalist,\u00a0<i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Middle East Eye<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A must-read dystopian fantasy about race, religion, and love. Unmissable &#8211; <strong>Melvin Burgess<\/strong>, novelist, winner of the Carnegie Medal and the LA prize for Teenage Fiction<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">An unforgettable novel, both vivid and nightmarishly plausible. \u2014 <strong>Peter Kalu<\/strong>, novelist, storyteller, playwright and poet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A story of resilience and hope told against the brutal realities of patriarchy and colonial violence.<br \/>\n\u2014\u00a0<strong>Amrit Wilson<\/strong>, activist, feminist, and author of <em>Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain<\/em> (Daraja Press)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[200,265,546],"product_tag":[725],"authors":[150],"publisher":[],"class_list":["post-22723","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-fiction","product_cat-racism","product_cat-uk","product_tag-europe","authors-tariq-mehmood","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/22723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=22723"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=22723"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=22723"},{"taxonomy":"authors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/authors?post=22723"},{"taxonomy":"publisher","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publisher?post=22723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}