Philip Rennett - author of award-winning satirical fiction and Life's Little Manuals
Philip Rennett writes about the absurdity of modern life - usually through fiction, but more recently when real life provides all the material he needs.
Path Finder is a series of fast-paced, sharp and furiously funny novels that explore power, chaos, ambition, and the fragile hope that keeps humanity afloat. A world where politics, power, and absurdity collide, and ordinary people find themselves at the centre of extraordinary storms.
The Life's Little Manuals series starts with a practical, straight-talking and regularly irreverent guide to taking control of selling your home and saving money, hassle and your sanity in the process. More guides will follow!
Blending razor-sharp observation, unexpected heart, and thought-provoking storytelling, each series provides an enjoyable and refreshing perspective on today's world and how to survive it.
Introducing the Path Finder series
From an ordinary man discovering a runaway Prime Minister in his garage, to a disillusioned former leader entangled in a billionaire conspiracy in Ireland, to a global movement no one can define but everyone wants to control - the Path Finder novels skewer the powerful while celebrating the human.
Through political satire and social commentary, the series explores ambition, influence, identity, and the unintended consequences of decisive action.
Paths Not Yet Taken
Paths Not Yet Taken is a funny and thought-provoking political satire about how powerless those in power actually are - fiction that sits only a stone’s throw from reality.
When the Prime Minister disappears without a trace, one man with a secret life and a dark past puts the missing politician at risk of losing more than his job.
Chaos ensues. And that’s just at one quiet end-of-terrace house. Elsewhere, a van explodes, a prospective leader loses control before he’s even started, and an assassination attempt goes badly wrong. Twice.
Ultimately, one spur-of-the-moment decision sparks others to consider decisive actions of their own.
Just try not to think about the sausage.
Good For The Soul
In this second instalment of the Path Finder series, satire meets conspiracy and unintended philosophy.
Simon Pope is on holiday - and on a secret reconnaissance mission he is ill-equipped to handle discreetly. Meanwhile, former UK Prime Minister Andrew Blackwell discovers that his silence has made him more influential than ever. His so-called “Path Finder philosophy” generates worldwide intrigue - even though nobody, including himself, knows what it is.
When a secret conference collapses into chaos, Blackwell must evade a media manhunt and return to London, relying on unlikely allies.
What follows may lay the foundation for a movement that could change the world - if anyone can define it.
Where The Winds Blow
Path Finder has gone global. Millions of followers. Endless headlines. Oceans of cash.
Only one small complication: its founders still have no idea what the movement actually is.
Now the powerful want answers - and they will do anything to retain control.
Across the world, an ex-soldier races to reach his family before the law closes in. In Tornado Alley, Simon and Pippa Pope chase storms, unaware that a late wedding gift may upend humanity itself - and one whisky-soaked Scotsman with destiny at his heels.
Fast, funny, and ferociously sharp, Where The Winds Blow continues this satirical exploration of power, control, and unintended consequences.
Selling your house?
Don't lose the plot.
Selling your home is stressful enough without handing over your common sense to the first person in a shiny suit who tells you to "trust the market".
Get Your House Sold Without Losing The Plot is a practical, straight-talking - and occasionally irreverent - guide to taking control of the selling process.
From choosing your agent and finding your property's killer USP to photographing your home, handling viewings, negotiating offers, surviving surveys and dealing with buyers who suddenly discover reasons to panic, this book shows you how to sell your house without losing your money, your sanity or your sense of humour.
THE guide for anyone who's ever looked at an estate-agent brochure and wondered whether "full of potential" was a compliment.
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