She was born at the beginning of this interwar period, I was born in the middle, and you at the end, for now we can see clearly that it will be an interwar period. Soon, though not yet.

Why does one person become radicalized while another does not?

In Beneath a Thousand Flags, young mother Frida Overveen struggles to find her way through a time in which society seems to be closing ranks. Muslim fundamentalism, the climate crisis, Black Lives Matter, a looming war, and a crumbling Europe all compete for her attention. In the isolation of the pandemic, the public discourse moves toward a historical tipping point, while she tries to keep her son safe from the growing shadows cast upon the world. But how do you keep a child safe in a world full of dangers that keep escalating? The less control she has over her time, the more firmly she clings to her beliefs.

Beneath a Thousand Flags is a disruptive novel written right on the pulse of its time about how love and fear can lead to radical ideas and increasingly extreme choices.