I’d personally organised transmission of this video. Demand for fighting women had swollen like a benign cyst on the cheek of the dark web during lockdown. Fighting to the death, without rules, our specialism, simply provided our silent hordes of late-night voyeurs with the sickliest cream on their squalid cakes. Millions of illicit subscribers would be watching us fight for them tonight. ‘Let’s just fight can we, Isla?’ I said. Isla McNair fights women for money, no rules, on the dark web. She undergoes invasive treatment to increase her muscle power in preparation for her greatest challenge yet: a fight with a man in a secret lodge by a remote Scottish tarn. Isla’s thrill ride, her one-woman fight for survival, has only just begun. Thrill Ride is my enthralling debut novel: the action-packed love story of Isla McNair the ultimate fighter at her most daring, indulging in sizzling sex, intimate romantic encounters and brutal confrontations.