`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
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Jazyk: Angličtina
Nakladatelství: Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.
Formát: Knihy - paperback
Stran: 469
Datum vydání: 27.02.2025
EAN: 9781529071238
Rozměry (mm): 197 × 129
Hmotnost (g): 324