How far would you go to save the person you love most? In the near future, after a violent uprising, a city is divided in two. In City North, a brutal and paranoid regime takes control. Across the Friendship Bridge in City South, the citizens are rich and content and free. Though the border between the two cities is tightly controlled, people from City North still make desperate attempts to smuggle themselves south in search of a better life. In this harsh political environment, a dangerous relationship begins. A man and a woman from opposite sides of the divided city fall in love. Haunting, suspenseful, simple as a fairytale, this is a story about the bonds of love and loyalty. The lovers will be tested in a way that neither of them could have imagined. In the end, only a devastating and selfless act will save them. Twice winner of the Miles Franklin Award, acclaimed author Rodney Hall moves into new territory with this, his most powerful book to date. In an era of unprecedented terrorism and the rise of fundamentalist religions, The Last Love Story is a provocative tale for troubling times. But it is also timeless, as any true story of love must be.