Transported

In the 21st century, Australia has remained a penal colony of the United Kingdom...

Under the restrictive political system that is steadily sweeping across Britain, anyone who says the wrong thing or puts a toe out of line is transported to the colony.

Matilda is a ward of the state, held at Chellingford Reform School. She is the daughter of a famous traitor, and the press camped outside the school will do anything to catch a glimpse of her.

Inside Chellingford, Matilda finds herself at the mercy of the staff, used as a tool to control her parents' behaviour in Australia.

Beaten down and subdued, Matilda must reimagine herself as someone with agency, who can follow her own desires and fight her own battles.

Simmering underneath the oppression, a resistance has been forming in the penal colony, and Matilda finds herself in the thick of the resistance's plans, only to face conflicting loyalties, inconvenient passion, and deadly consequences...

Kate Fitzpatrick is an Australian writer and mother. She's a lifelong feminist and advocate for reproductive rights. She serves on the board of Surrogacy Australia and is also an investor at Scale Investors, supporting female start-up founders. Kate completed the 2017 Curtis Brown six-month novel writing course in London, where she lived for six years before returning to Australia in 2018. Her background is in digital consulting and marketing and her short stories can be found on Storgy.com. She lives in Melbourne with her husband, daughter and cat.