When fifteen-year-old Jay Armstrong walks into a bookshop on a rainy afternoon, he doesn’t expect to start a revolution.
But one black marker and two verses of Leviticus later, he’s under arrest, hungry, furious, and suddenly the face of a legal firestorm he can barely control.
Enter Marcus Hawley: sharp-witted barrister, reluctant hero, and the last person Jay expected to care. As the case gathers national attention, Jay’s act of quiet defiance spirals into a courtroom battle that will test the limits of law, faith, and survival.
Told with biting humour and raw honesty, this is the story of a queer teenager who refuses to stay silent, and the lawyer who decides that, just this once, silence isn’t an option.
Fierce, funny, and blisteringly intelligent, this novel burns with anger, heart, and hope.