Metronome

Taut, unsettling and so completely charged with both tension and emotion, I found myself captivated by Metronome. I loved the clarity of its vision and the clean intensity of its prose, and I know that its vivid characters and the bleak, brutal beauty of the world they inhabit will haunt my dreams for a long time now, in the absolute best of ways -- Naomi Ishiguro With echoes of Emily St John Mandel and Megan Hunter, this haunting literary thriller is about survival, loss and the binds that unite and break us. Chilling, eerie and powerful -- Elizabeth Macneal A pure, tender, terrifying vision that had me gripped to its beat from the first page. Cleverly imagined and beautifully creepy, its a story as moving as it is chilling -- Emma Stonex Echoes the likes of Emily St John Mandels Station Eleven A compellingly crafted debut, rich in tension and atmosphere * Living Magazine * Imagined with an impressively detailed three-dimensional solidity * Sunday Times * I loved it You could feel the chill of the wind Fantastic; its a great book -- Sara Cox Stylish and thoughtful The setup is delicious A talented writer. The eerie claustrophobia of the setting will stay with the reader for a long while. The relationship between his characters is memorably, and often wittily, drawn * Literary Review * A great debut novel that tells a story of survival and mistrust with skill and craft * Storgy * Unputdownable An extraordinary book Metronome might well be a brave new world created by Tom Watson, as insightful and as premonitory as Orwells 1984 * Litro * Tom Watson has conjured a relationship corroded by compromise and capitulation, and worked it into an extraordinary love story or rather, a story of what love looks like when affection and trust have fallen away * The Times * Dystopian island drama that packs a punch A bold debut * Observer * Atmospheric Watsons use of language is nuanced and sensitive, with landscape writing especially a sensory highlight * Guardian * An element of 1984 and Big Brother is watching you I found myself squirreling off just so I could get another quick chapter in Its such a page-turner -- Adrian Scarborough It really gave an insight to the human psyche, the power of the mind -- Emeli Sande The rhythm of the book is what struck me -- Kate Bottley

Tom Watson is a graduate of the Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia, where he was the recipient of the Curtis Brown Prize in memory of Giles Gordon. His debut novel, Metronome, was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, and his short fiction has been shortlisted for the Bristol Short Story Prize and awarded runner-up for the Sen Faolin Prize. He lives in London.