Dr Mark Ellison
flood engineer
Technical; defences reduce risk, never remove it
Flood Line
Her insurance rises and the house may lose value overnight. Helen learns how flood risk is assessed, what defences can and cannot do, and how to make her home resilient, before the first winter flood arrives.
Planned · not started yet
Environment & sustainability Living with uncertainty Money under pressure Family home Tense Reflective
The premise
Her insurance rises and the house may lose value overnight. Helen learns how flood risk is assessed, what defences can and cannot do, and how to make her home resilient, before the first winter flood arrives.
The protagonist
Helen Brightwater-Arkell — Homeowner told her street is now high flood risk
The council
Every council member is an original fictional character. None represents, quotes or is endorsed by a real person.
Sarah Quinn
property insurer
Commercial; insurance follows risk maps
Rob Kettering
planning officer
Procedural; planning shapes future flooding
How the story moves
One winter of flood warnings; the flood in Book 2 tests her preparations, and the street’s flood group shapes her final decision.
What readers take away
- Reading flood-risk maps
- Insurance schemes for flood-risk homes
- Property flood-resilience measures
- How planning decisions affect flooding
- Flood warnings and emergency plans
- Recovering after a flood
- Selling a flood-risk home
- Community flood groups
- Use flood-warning services
- Install flood doors and barriers
- Use Flood Re-backed insurance
- Prepare a grab bag
The books
- 1The map Planned
- 2The flood Planned
- 3Resilience Planned
- 4The decision Planned
Book titles are working titles and may change before publication. No book is on sale until the complete series is finished, checked and released.