SAY 'I DO' TO A
SMART MARRIAGE
Marriage as we know it has changed.
Are you ready to take the plunge?
Every new and existing marriage is now entitled to upgrade to a Smart Marriage.
Smart marriages are dependent on your coupling remaining strong and stable.
Failure may result in mandatory divorce and the loss of your home and other Smart Marriage benefits.
HOW IT WORKS
We'll fit your home with Audite, a smart speaker and recordable device, and you'll start receiving your Smart Marriage Benefits.
Audite will randomly record ten minutes of your daily conversations to analyse and keep your relationship on track.
If your Audite thinks your Marriage is at risk, we have you covered with a three step programme.
LEVEL ONE
On picking up on marital difficulties from random recordings, Audite will allow longer recordings and offer push notifications with handy hints for how to make improvements.
LEVEL TWO
If your Audite thinks you need a little extra help, we'll issue you with a Relationship Responder - a trained counsellor who'll listen to your recordings and get to the root of your problems with tailor-made one-to-one sessions
If further support is required, based on all the evidence presented to it, a Family Court will help you take that next step forward.
LEVEL THREE
HOW ARE SMART MARRIAGES MAKING BRITAIN BETTER?
They're 35% less likely to suffer high blood pressure, strokes and heart disease. They recover from operations quicker and have stronger immune systems.
WHAT ARE THE SMART MARRIAGE BENEFITS?
NHS+
Access to NHS+ for speedier treatment
ADVICE & SUPPORT
Impartial and supportive marriage advice throughout all stages
TOP SCHOOLS
Access for your children to the top schools in your area
YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU
Help Britain build back better
SMART TOWNS
Relocate to purpose-built communities for people like you
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Greater personal tax allowances and financial support
Smart Marriages are dependent on your coupling remaining strong and stable.
Failure may result in mandatory divorce and the loss of your home and other Smart Marriage benefits.
THE MARRIAGE ACT
From the bestselling author of The One, now an eight-part Netflix series. Set in the same world as The One, The Marriage Act is a dark, high-concept thriller.
What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey?
Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society’s 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, monitoring 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 Alderman’s The Power.
SARAH PEARSE
'Dark, immersive speculative fiction at its very best.'
C.J. TUDOR
'Clever, compelling and terrifyingly plausible... grips from the first page and never lets go...'
HARRIET TYCE
‘A scarily plausible alternative future with a trulytwisted narrative. Tensely plotted and terrifyingly imagined’
T.M. LOGAN
'A smart, gripping and scarily believable story from the master of speculative thriller.'
CLAIRE ALLAN
'An absolute blinder of a book... Another gripping page-turner.'
LOUISE SWANSON
'Marrs is the king of high-concept thriller. The Marriage Act is chilling, topical and utterly addictive.'
SFX MAGAZINE
A socially aware novel packed with thought-provoking questions'
ELLERY LLOYD
'Twisty, unsettling, scarily believable and thought provoking, this is his best yet.'
DAILY MIRROR
'A page-turning and thought-provoking read'
NEWS & UPDATES
I'm thrilled that The Marriage Act featured in January's What The Story. This is Irish bookstore Eason's book programme that is available on Virgin Player. Visit this link to hear what Melanie and the other panelists thought.
Advanced reader copies of The Marriage Act have been sent out in the U.K. I can't wait to hear what readers, authors think of the book.
I'm pleased to announce that The Marriage Act will be published in the USA & Canada with Hanover Square Press. It is scheduled to be released in May 2023.
The Marriage Act is due to be published in Germany in August 2023. I absolutely love the cover they have designed for this translation of the book.
ABOUT JOHN MARRS
John Marrs is an author and former journalist based in London and Northamptonshire. After spending his career interviewing celebrities from the worlds of television, film and music for numerous national newspapers and magazines, he is now a full-time author. He is the bestselling author of: The One, The Passengers, The Minders, What Lies Between and When You Disappeared
Find out more about me via my social media profiles and website www.johnmarrsauthor.com
