Family Experiment (eBook)

A dark, twisty, near-future page turner from the 'master of the speculative thriller'

John Marrs (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
Pan Macmillan (Verlag)
9781529071245 (ISBN)

Infos

'John Marrs is not to be missed' - Freida McFadden, bestselling author of The Housemaid'Few writers do domestic suspense meets dystopia better than John Marrs' - Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Paris Apartment'The books of John Marrs have become a quiet phenomenon . . . Thoughtful, well written . . . and alarming' - Daily MailSome families are virtually perfect . . .The world's population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. A growing number of people can no longer afford to start families, let alone raise them.But for those desperate to experience parenthood, there is an alternative. For a monthly fee, clients can create a virtual child from scratch, accessing them via the Metaverse and a VR headset. To launch this new initiative, the company behind MetaChildren has created a reality TV show. It will follow its contestants as they raise a MetaChild from birth to the age of eighteen, in a condensed nine-month time period. The prize: the right to keep their virtual child - or risk it all for the chance of a real baby . . .The Goodreads Choice Award 2024 runner up, The Family Experiment is set in the same universe as John Marrs's bestselling novel The One and The Marriage Act. A dark and twisted thriller about the ultimate 'tamagotchi' - a virtual baby.'Speculative fiction at its best - original, dark and wickedly clever' - C. L. Taylor, author of Every Move You Make'His best yet. Frighteningly plausible, gripping, dark, and so clever' - Claire Douglas, author of The Woman Who Lied'Hurtles towards a chilling denouement - a truly thought-provoking, single-sitting thriller' - Ellery Lloyd, author of The Club'Chilling, inventive, horribly plausible and brilliantly addictive' - C. J. Tudor, author of The Gathering

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.5.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-13: 9781529071245 / 9781529071245