A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING
When a young American academic Talissa Adam offers to carry another woman's child, she has no idea of the life-changing 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, which they hope to keep secret, they propose an experiment that will upend the human race as we know it.
Seth, the 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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'Letter for you, Talissa' said the superintendent, holding out an envelope from his desk in the lobby.- PART ONE, 20230, 1
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(@PenguinUKBooks, 7 September 2023, e-galley, 368 pages, copy from publisher via @NetGalley)
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I thought The Seventh Son was a corker of a book. I've read other books by the author but stands far and above his other books. The premise seems simple enough, Talissa agrees to be a surrogate for a couple who can't have children to secure enough money to carry on her own research. What could possibly go wrong? It takes a while for the penny to drop and it's not until Talissa tests Seth's DNA out of curiosity that she starts to learn the truth of what happened. I found the truth about Seth fascinating not horrifying as some characters in the novel seem to. I really didn't understand why people were bothered. The ending is heart-breaking. I loved every word of this book.