The Third Magpie: A gripping, psychological page-turner about love, power and survival

The Third Magpie is set against the background of authoritarian and xenophobic regime of New Albany.

Finn, number 568216/2/MI, is a despised man. His crime, birth in a foreign country. He is free to leave New Albian injustice, but instead suffers the daily humiliation of being a Digitally Interned Alien in exchange for life with Sophie, the woman he loves. They dream of a normal existence, where their liberty and identity are not at the whim of Albian bureaucracy.

Finn, a schoolteacher, is offered the position of tutor to Commandant Fry's teenage daughter, Catherine. But, when opportunity descends into nightmare, Sophie must choose between betrayal or allowing New Albany to destroy her husband.

‘What price would you pay to save the ones you love?’

For fans of speculative fiction such as The Handmaid’s Tale or VOX, The Third Magpie takes the reader into a terrifyingly plausible future where place of birth limits what you can do and who you can love.