Shattered Paths (2025) by Daniel Rolph is the 1st in a trilogy of novels about the UK ‘care’ system.

Daniel Rolph grew up in the UK ‘care’ system. He went into the system at age 2, was adopted for 11 years, then went back into the care system at age 13.

He has drawn from his own difficult time to tell the stories of 3 children navigating foster care in the UK – Oliver, Emma, and Jack, with Shattered Paths focusing on Jack’s story.