Long-awaited new editions of Peter Dickinson's cult classics England in the future - but an England that is less rather than more civilised. This is the time of The Changes - a time when people, especially adults, have grown to hate machines and returned to a more primitive lifestyle. It is a time of hardship and fear... Nicky Gore, separated from her parents in the chaos and panic that follow the first breakdown, is now lost in London. She joins a band of Sikhs who are fleeing the city, and helps them fight for a place where they can live at peace with their neighbours. Peter Dickinson began writing the books after he'd had a nightmare. The trilogy is not sequential; rather, each book explores a different aspect of England during the time that simply became known as The Changes.