The worlds of 12-year-old Axel Tyler and 73-year-old Brigadier
Butterworth couldn't possibly be farther apart. While one is content to
live life to the full in the fast track of 1990's Britain, the other
yearns for the day when the country regains its senses and returns to
those pre-war values that made Britain 'Great'. When events conspire to
bring the 12-year-old rebel and the madcap Brigadier face-to-face,
conflict becomes inevitable as the irreconcilable values and beliefs of
two widely different worlds collide. The war between the two combatants
is fought within a privatised, concentration camp, which is situated
deep in the heart of Arundel Forest. Who will win the hearts and minds
of the 59 teenage-rebel prisoners who have all been expelled from their
schools and imprisoned in Arundel Forest: Axel or the Brigadier? At
stake is nothing less than the future of Great Britain and the values of
its young.