The seventh son
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When a young woman named Talissa answers an advert to carry a child, she cannot begin to imagine the consequences. Behind the doors of the Parn Institute, a billionaire entrepreneur plans to stretch the boundaries of ethics as never before. Through a series of IVF treatments, one they hope no one ever discovers, they set in motion an experiment that is set to upend the human race as we know it. Seth, a baby, is delivered to hopeful parents Mary and Alaric, but when his differences start to mark him out from his peers, he begins to attract unwanted attention.
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'Genuinely thought-provoking' THE TIMES
'Extraordinary' WILLIAM BOYD
'Faulks is an enviably graceful and economical writer' GUARDIAN
A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING
Tech billionaire Lukas Parn has an ambitious plan. Behind the doors of the IVF clinic in his London institute, a daring switch is made. Young academic Talissa Adam believes she is simply carrying a child for a grateful family, but the baby inside her is different from any living human. The boy, Seth, grows up unaware, though his parents not that he's different: he can't make plans, is unaware of danger and seems to have at least one extra sense. But as Seth becomes a man, the truth about him is revealed and the world starts to hunt him down.
' [An] unsettling book from one of our most popular novelists; it's also one of his best' FINANCIAL TIMES
'His greatest novel yet' ANTONY BEEVOR
'Profoundly moving . . . a wonderful and life-affirming love story' JAMES HOLLAND
'Original and enthralling' PETER JAMES
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| Weight | 255 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 2.3 cm |
| Book_author | Faulks, Sebastian |
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
| Imprint | Penguin Books |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 356 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 1st paperback ed |
| Dewey | 823.92 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
