Irvine Welsh Trust for social inclusion in Edinburgh. In "Crime", Ray Lennox (from Welsh's previous work, "Filth") is recovering from a mental breakdown induced by occupational stress and cocaine abuse, and a particularly horrifying child sex murder case back in Edinburgh. The story takes place in Florida. In 2012 Welsh published a prequel to "Trainspotting", titled "Skagboys". Set in Leith in the early 1980s, it introduces the "Trainspotting" characters and follows them as they fall into heroin addiction. Given as a series of linked short stories, the book is also interspersed with brief commentaries on contemporary British politics. In particular, the consequences
Dune prequel series Dune" (2006) and "Sandworms of Dune" (2007), sequels to Frank Herbert's final novel "" (1985) which complete the chronological progression of his original series and wrap up storylines that began with his "Heretics of Dune" (1984). Prelude to Dune is a prequel trilogy of novels written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in Frank Herbert's "Dune" universe. The series takes place in the years leading up to the events in the original novel "Dune" (1965) and explores the origins of some of its characters. In 1997, Bantam Books made a $3 million deal with the authors for three