The story originates in the late 1970s, in the dying embers of Albania’s brutally repressive Communist years… years in which one of the Marxist dictatorship’s only popular achievements was the suppression of blood feuds.  But by then, countless thousands of injustices had been inflicted on a population subjugated by the regime. One such victim is Erjon Koçi.

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Now, in present-day Glasgow, his son ARTUR KOÇI, a librarian, has travelled to Scotland to honour his recently-deceased father, and right a wrong 47 years in the making. But during his sojourn, fate has dealt Artur a dangerous hand - he learns that he’s a target in a 'Kanun', one of the archaic blood feuds that again scourges remote parts of the country.  He cannot return safely, and he can’t claim asylum - he’s now a man ‘trapped’ in Glasgow, with nothing but a rapidly-depleting tourist visa to his name.

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AILSA SALCOATS, an earnest, efficient paralegal in her Glasgow law firm’s immigration office, is presently dealing with a domestic life in tatters since her boyfriend left following her miscarriage. Artur presently finds himself as a night-time cleaner in Ailsa's office block.

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When Ailsa & Artur’s lives collide, an unlikely friendship is forged. Moved by his predicament as a jeopardy-ridden tourist who cannot return home, and motivated by her now-rampant biological imperative, Ailsa hatches an ingenious but wrong-side-of-legal plan to help Artur stay in the country and get his indefinite residency. Artur's role in this quid-pro-quo is simple... he merely has to get Ailsa pregnant!

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The illicit collaborators become embroiled in the process of artificial insemination - Artur is stocked up with syringes and sterile cups, while Ailsa is up to her elbows in ovulation and pregnancy testing kits.  Artur becomes a frequent visitor at Ailsa’s flat, the would-be place of conception, but time is not on their side - every negative pregnancy test edges them closer to the expiry date on Artur’s visa.  Threats also appear in the shape of the law firm’s new ethics & compiance officer, a man Ailsa is convinced is ‘on their case’. 

Emotions see-saw as Ailsa juggles domestic expediency with professional ethics; while Artur struggles to evade detection as an 'illegal worker'. Despite the cultural divide, the mismatched pair begin to sense there may be more to their alliance than mere procreation... but their budding romance is just one positive pregnancy test away from being over.