Family Experiment: A Novel

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.