Arrow Gate shoots for debut novel from Fox 

Arrow Gate Publishing has secured Dreams, the debut novel from C D Fox.  

Publishing director Sandra David acquired world rights directly from the author. The novel will be published in August 2022.  

Fox is an Oxford-based assistant headteacher who was born in Bromley, south-east London. He attended the University of Sheffield and earned two master’s degrees from the universities of Warwick and Oxford.  

The synopsis reads: “Hugo Swann, the son of an eminent psychiatrist, is a shy social misfit in his first term at Oxford University. With a new girlfriend and new experiences, things are looking up until a series of strange dreams start plaguing him. When his father offers psychiatric treatment to a mysterious woman with a troubled past, Hugo’s dreams begin to worsen. Before long, their paths will cross but as Hugo tries to help the woman he finds himself in need of psychiatric assessment. As catastrophe looms, it’s down to Alice, Hugo’s brilliant girlfriend, to find the answers. But will he want to learn the truth of what she discovers? Dreams: when the reality is worse than a nightmare.” 

Fox said: “I am delighted that Arrow Gate Publishing has chosen to publish my novel. I’d had the story in my head for years and could finally write it during the lockdown. To say I’m over the moon about being published would be an understatement and my thanks must go to the team at Arrow Gate for believing in Dreams as much as I do.”