Remember the Game

“Where do you go? What do you do? How do you survive?”

When a deadly virus ravages the country, Jane must find a way to survive and protect her two kids: six year old Beth and eleven year old, visually impaired Audrey. Separated from her husband, Jane is haunted by his final words before the networks went down: Remember the game!

They used to play The Game on long journeys: one of them would choose an apocalyptic situation and together they’d devise a survival plan, starting from that moment, wherever they were. Where do you go? What do you do? How do you survive?

Using their once hypothetical game plans as her only lifeline, Jane grapples with these questions as she faces impossible situations and figures out how to protect her daughters and keep them (and herself) alive.

Notebook page with a street drawn on it in pencil including names at each house. One is circled: "Jane's house."
Photo of Vyrnwy Lake water tower in Wales. Victorian gothic water tower rising up from dark blue water connected to a forest bank by a gothic stone footbridge.
Two children (one girl age 11, one age 5) standing in the Welsh rolling hills holding hands wearing backpacks. The older girl has albinism.
Photo of two sheep looking at the camera down a long tarmac road in the Welsh countryside. It's a stormy sky.
Small harbour full of boats in front of pastel coloured houses in Aberaeron, Wales.
Huge stone bridge (Menai Bridge to Anglesey in Wales) stretching over the water.

As featured on the BBC

Rob Jelly featured Chapter 2 of Remember the Game in a Latitude Festival special on BBC Upload on July 23, 2026.

Photo of Amie smiling with a red BBC overlay. In white writing it reads: "I'm getting featured on Upload"

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As featured on Radio Dacorum

I was interviewed by Louisa Guise for a local radio show heroing local writers in August 2026. We spoke about the inspiration behind the novel, discussed Albinism (the genetic condition that character eleven year old Audrey has in the novel) and I read out Chapter 1.

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For fans of…

  • The Last of Us

    Set in a post-apocalyptic United States ruined by a mutated Cordyceps fungus, following two unlikely companions: smuggler Joel is tasked with keeping teenage Bella safe as they cross the country in search of a cure.

    A 50 year old man stands sideways on wearing a tired brown jacket and backpack; he's dusty and frowning looking back at us. To his left is a teenage girl with brown hair looking back over her shoulder at us. Behind is an apocalyptic city.

  • The Blue Book of Nebo, Manon Steffan Ros

    A novella set in an isolated, rural Welsh village following a nuclear disaster, known as ‘The End’. The story is told through alternating diary entries by a mother and son, recording their harsh daily survival and hidden truths.

    Top half of the book cover: it's an ombre blue sky with white dotted stars. A large, white full moon is centralised with the book title in all caps within its circle. To the right is a telephone mast on top of a silhouetted hill.

  • The End We Start From, Megan Hunter

    A mother gives birth just as London is consumed by catastrophic floods. She sets off on a journey of survival across the country with newborn Zeb, navigating societal collapse focusing on new motherhood and quiet resilience.

    A still from the film adaptation of Jodie Comer wearing a raincoat; she has greasy blonde hair in a ponytail. She's holding a 9 month old baby in a bear suit. She's looking off-camera looking tired and troubled.
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