News from Scenario – Autumn 2025

Scenario’s most recent publication, Gareth Jones’s political thriller Isthmus of Perekop, is now commencing development as a feature film.

Triggered by a personal experience of the author, Isthmus of Perekop digs into the causes and consequences of the war in Ukraine, tracing the emotions and rival claims through a British innocent abroad doing his best to bring peace, or so he thinks, until the battlefield sweeps him up in the logic of what he is reporting.  With echoes of Graham Greene and John le Carré, Isthmus of Perekop questions the conventions of the Cold War spy novel in a context where cold means hot and war means war.

Amazon 5* – ‘Ripped directly from today’s headlines, a must-read literary gem of a thriller.  Gareth Jones’ novel is both a gripping tale of contemporary Ukraine and its war for survival as well as a moving narrative about life, love and the impossible situations that force one to discover who they really are and what they stand for. Both entertaining and thought provoking, it’s a treat to have discovered.’

The novel is available directly from Scenario as a Hardback or Paperback edition here: https://www.scenariofilms.com/buy-from-scenario/ or as a Kindle ebook direct from Amazon here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F6PL113F

‘I would like to thank you for your book…  Ukrainians sacrificed their lives for the prosperous future of our nation.  The end of the book promises some hope for our survival!’  AP, Kharkiv  February 2025

Scenario’s development slate continues busy, including Gareth Jones’s feature film Dead Men’s Music currently in financing, the TV drama adaptation of his novel Lord of Misrule and fantasy musical The Bellgirl which Fiona Howe is producing, alongside the screen adaptation of her novel She Danced.  She is also working on a new music EP 21 Ghosts and a literary/music/art project, details of which will be available shortly.