Raid of Dover: A Romance of the Reign of Woman A.D. 1940

In this gripping speculative novel, Britain has fallen under feminine rule, a matriarchal state navigating a world in chaos. As foreign threats gather on the horizon and natural calamities strike the island nation, the women who govern must grapple with invasion, disaster, and the fundamental question of whether their sex is equal to the task of national survival. Yet within the halls of power, a darker current flows: the displaced men of Britain have not surrendered their ambitions. A secret conspiracy takes shape, with rivals among both genders jockeying for supremacy while the nation teeters on the edge of annihilation. What unfolds is part political thriller, part gender drama, and part wartime adventure a story that asks who truly holds power and what they will do to keep it. Ford writes with the propulsive energy of 1930s pulp while embedding sharp questions about authority, capability, and the arbitrary nature of political legitimacy. For readers who enjoy alternate history that challenges assumptions about gender and governance.