Chelmsford 2012 - Many Hearts One Mind
The first novel in a two part series.

In 2012 the Olympics came to London. After two dry winters the government declared a drought. Then it started raining and didn't stop for four months.
The Queen celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, Chelmsford was granted city status and became the First City of Essex.

Tiny was running a small computer games company. He planned to transform his baby into a global player.
Work colleague, Hugh; Tiny's oldest, funniest and fattest friend was eating, drinking and joking himself into oblivion. Norman was the company's young computer games genius. He had been totting up notches on the bedpost.
Gordon was the company accountant, a gay activist and he had his own agenda.

The story up to July 2012 changes all their lives.

Michael Haley's 2nd novel is — "First City of Essex - Many Diversions, One Destination" and tells the rest of the story.