The Family Experiment
A Novel
On Sale: 07/09/2024
The Family Experiment
A Novel
On Sale: 07/09/2024
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About the Book
From the acclaimed author of The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and brilliant speculative thriller about families: real and virtual.Some families are virtually perfect…
The world's population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. And in the UK, the breaking point has arrived. 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 subscription fee, clients can create a virtual child from scratch who they can access via the metaverse and a VR headset. To launch this new initiative, the company behind Virtual Children has created a reality TV show called The Substitute. It will follow ten couples as they raise a virtual child from birth to the age of eighteen but 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…
Set in the same universe as John Marrs's bestselling novel The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and twisted thriller about the ultimate Tamagotchi—a virtual baby.
Product Details
- ISBN: 9781335000361
- ISBN 10: 1335000364
- Imprint: Hanover Square Press
- On Sale: 07/09/2024
- Pages: 384
- List Price:37.00 CAD
- BISAC1 : FICTION / Literary
- BISAC2 : FICTION / Dystopian
- BISAC3 : FICTION / Science Fiction / General
- BISAC4 : FICTION / Thrillers / Technological
