When your body becomes evidence, escape becomes strategy
Available for preorder September 15, 2026
Mackenzie Williams has the citizenship, money, and connections to leave the United States when she discovers she’s pregnant. What she no longer has is time.
Federal surveillance has expanded beyond commercial airports and into private aviation. Every reservation, border crossing, and digital breadcrumb could expose a woman seeking reproductive care outside the country. Mackenzie’s legitimate business in Portugal gives her the cover she needs, but only if she can reach Lisbon before the system closes around her.
Getting out forces Mackenzie to confront an uncomfortable truth: escape is a privilege, not a solution.
The laws threatening her freedom did not appear overnight. They were cultivated over decades by a political network that turned money, religion, and influence into public policy. As Mackenzie begins to uncover its reach, the threat becomes more personal than she anticipated and far more dangerous.
Mackenzie found her way out. Now she must decide whether to protect her personal freedom or challenge the people determined to take it from everyone.
What readers are saying about M.E.
“A young man having his reproductive rights taken away as a response to a young woman having had her rights taken away years earlier.
This is a cautionary tale, not a blueprint for the future.”
“The premise is just as chilling, and Wright doesn’t shy away from the uncomfortable truths of such a society.”
“This book is one of those hauntingly realistic dystopian story it left me bone-chilled. ”
“I loved how the author took us on the emotional ride that Sam suddenly faced when he found out his on/off girlfriend was pregnant, and he had to face it head on like she did.”
“The imagination and detail of the State program is believable and wouldn’t be too surprised to see something similar in the future.”
“I read the Fatherhood Mandate, you’ve got to read the Motherhood Mandate to see everything from the other perspective.
Not everything is what it may appear.”
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M.E. Wright writes political thrillers and dystopian fiction about the systems that shape our lives and how quickly those systems can change.
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Meet M.E.
M.E. Wright is an accidental dystopian author who writes political thrillers and speculative fiction about power, control, and the people who refuse to break. She didn't set out to write fiction that kept showing up in the headlines. Reality just kept catching up.
She prefers soda to pop, measures distance in hours rather than miles, and even though she lives in the heart of Packer country, she secretly roots for the Bears.