How do you speak out if you have no rights?

After withdrawing from the EU, Britain is governed by a far-right nationalist party. Its flagship policy is the British Born edict, which allows only those born in Britain to live here. Everyone else is an "illegal", subject to immediate arrest and deportation. But an election is coming soon, and all the polls point to a big loss for the ruling party. 18-year-old Londoner Ash is wrestling with grief after the loss of his sister Sophie, who died in a tragic drug-related accident at a party. He meets Zara on a stalled tube train and immediately falls for her. But Zara has secrets: not only is she an "illegal", but she's the only person who knows the truth about Sophie's death. Associating with Zara could jeopardize Ash's future, and if Zara comes forward with what she knows about the night Sophie died, she'll have no future in Britain at all. The election could save them. Or will it only bring disaster?

 

Tracy Mathias grew up in Cardiff, South Wales. After leaving home, she studied history at Oxford University, worked as a teacher and in various office jobs, travelled, and studied anthropology, before pursuing her lifelong dream of writing. She lives with her husband and three children - who in various ways have made the dream possible, and to whom she owe the deepest thanks.

The three volumes of 《The Assalay Trilogy》were published in Germany in 2009-11 by Erika Klopp Verlag. Volumes one and two: 《A Fragment of Moonswood》and 《The Singing War》are now available in self published English editions, to be followed by volume three,《Weatherlord》.