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From John Marrs the bestselling author of The One Set in the same world and narrated by a full cast The Marriage Act is a dark highconcept thriller

One of the most exciting original thriller writers Simon Kernick author of Good Cop Bad Cop

What if marriage was the law Dare you disobey

Britain The nearfuture A rightwing government believes it has the answer to societys ills the Sanctity of Marriage Act which actively encourages marriage as the norm punishing those who choose to remain single

But four couples are about to discover just how impossible relationships can be when the government is monitoring every aspect of our personal lives tracking every word every minor disagreement and will use every tool in its arsenal to ensure everyone will love honour and obey

Black Mirror meets thriller with a dash of Naomi Aldermans The Power

Praise for John Marrs

A pageturning and thoughtprovoking read Daily Mirror

A socially aware novel packed with thoughtprovoking questions SFX Magazine

Clever compelling and terrifyingly plausible A near future nightmare that grips from the first page and never lets go talk about a pageturner This one will leave you with paper cuts C J Tudor bestselling author of The Chalk Man

A smart gripping and scarily believable story from the master of the speculative thriller TM Logan author of The Catch

Johns creative highconcept thrillers never fail to keep me furiously turning the pages and The Marriage Act is no exception dark immersive speculative fiction at its very best Sarah Pearse author of The Retreat

A scarily plausible alternative future with a truly twisted narrative Tensely plotted and terrifyingly imagined Harriet Tyce author of Blood Orange