DESERT ROAD
OPEN

A Novel by Jane Copland

New Zealand
London
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34 Chapters. 34 Interactive Experiences.Explore the world below

Explore the World

Each chapter opens a window into Andrew McBride's story.

1Fair Catch 2Recommended Dose 3If There Are None, Travel Alone 4Repatriation 5The Right Guy 6Dissolution 7Betrayal Begins in the Boardroom 8Zero Sum Football 9Exfiltration 10Least Favourite Son 11The People Versus Hayden Berish 12Home Again 13Citizenship and Barbarians 14The Average of Your Closest Friends 15Watch Me BONUSSnitch City 16To All Who Play and All Who Will 17Somebody Else's Son 18Birthright 19Les Lumières du Vendredi Soir 20No More Than Two 21Twenty-One 22A Team Sport 23The Front Page of the Internet 24Benjamin and the Polymath 25Pant Suit Gutter Press 26Midnight Crossing 27Desert Road Open 28Found Family 29Walk Me Home 30To Penalties 31Patrons and Saints 32Blood Sub 33Against the Tasman Tide 34Time On
Jane Copland

Jane Copland

I am a New Zealand/British author based in Oxford, England. In my teens and early twenties I held the New Zealand women's 200m breaststroke record and swam for Washington State University in the NCAA.

I am represented by Sara Langham of David Higham Associates.

These interactive experiences are designed to show how stories in 2026 can live beyond the page.

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The Novel

Andrew McBride fled Auckland with one cap for New Zealand and a career in ruins. Thirteen years later, a past he thought he'd escaped is ready to finish what it started.

A story about identity, ambition, betrayal, and what it means to belong.