Rural Devon in the 1950s – a story of sex, booze, bikes and rock ‘n’ roll

Teens Johnny, Len and Danny live for sex, bikes and rock ’n’ roll; but behind the scenes lurks an unspeakable secret.

Mechanic Johnny is desperate to leave home, but national service is a year away. In the meantime, his treasured Triton motorcycle takes his mind off his troubles. Former public schoolboy Len has a rare Navy posting and Danny is a carefree farm labourer.

The three boys wring every ounce of fun from their music, motorbikes and girlfriends. But that dark secret is still lurking...

Morgan Smith lives in Hastings and is now retired. She has an OU honours degree in Earth Science as well as an archaeology qualification from the University of Sussex. Her favourite job ever was with the Hastings Museum Service. 

Morgan has enjoyed writing since she was a child and her addiction for writing fiction came when she won first prize in a magazine short story competition. A story, Shining Sands won a certificate of merit from Mere Literary Festival and Triton itself was long-listed for the 2018 Peggy Chapman-Andrews ‘First Novel Award’. 

Morgan says, “This book began as a fictional biography that didn’t quite work. Two of the teenagers from ‘Triton’ began life in my story ‘Shining Sands’, the story that became the book’s kernel. A song (‘Paradise by The Dashboard Light’ by Meat Loaf) inspired a third teenager, who cannot keep his mouth, or his flies closed. The story kept growing and the rest is history...”

“A bitter-sweet love story about class, sex and disability in the roaring fifties.”  Dr. Stephen Carver