In near-future Britain, marriage isn’t a choice, it’s the law. The government’s Sanctity of Marriage Act claims to cure society’s ills, rewarding couples who comply and punishing those who refuse. Every interaction is monitored, every word logged, every disagreement turned into evidence.
Four couples are about to learn what happens when love is no longer private. For some, the pressure will expose hidden betrayals. For others, the system itself becomes the greatest danger of all. And for everyone, disobedience means consequences they may not survive.
John Marrs’s The Marriage Act, a Goodreads Choice Award nominee, is a chilling dystopian thriller in the tradition of Black Mirror and The Power. Twisty, terrifying, and disturbingly plausible, it asks the ultimate question: dare you disobey?
