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The Seventh Son

by Sebastian Faulks

'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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Pages:

368

Published:

May 2024

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

ISBN:

9781804942833



'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

$26.00