An insightful, fast-paced teenage psychological thriller set in a community conflicted by gun and knife crime, In My Father’s Eyes delves into modern-day themes of gun life, single parenthood, absent fathers and the healing power of faith and love.
The protagonist, Rowan Dawson (RD), is a youth in an East London estate who faces challenging issues of adolescence, violence and peer loyalty. He strives for a better life for himself, his mother, Rebecca, and his sister, Shantel. However, a senseless shooting leads to a case of mistaken identity.
What will be the ultimate fate of RD? Will the community stand behind him to the police, or will he waste away in prison? And what will become of his family in the meantime?

In My Father’s Eyes is Y L Phillip’s first book in the Horseshoe Estate series.