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The Family Experiment

By: John Marrs
Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Clifford Samuel, Eilidh Beaton, Joshua Riley, Justin Avoth, Thomas Judd, Nneka Okoye
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From the acclaimed author of The One,now available in an expanded edition, 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.

Don't miss other suspenseful reads from John Marrs (you'll never see the twists coming!):
  • The Marriage Act
  • The Vacation
  • The Family Experiment
  • The One

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Unpredictable Plot Twists • Creative Dystopian Concept • Multiple Talented Narrators • Thought-provoking Themes

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John Marrs just out did himself which I thought was impossible! This book was outstanding! I am left speechless and have no idea what I can read /listen to next that could come close. LOVED IT!

AMAZING!!!

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Amazing book. How the author comes up with these stories is beyond me but loved the book and story lines and the performers

He’s done it again

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This book has it all! it's modern, scandalous and written well. There are lots of characters and narrators to bring them to life. The plot is interesting and there is depth to the stories.

Entertaining and written well!

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John Marrs is an amazing writer and I love this book as well as the other books in this genre of his!

Another amazing book!

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This book is nothing short of brilliant. The twists and turns were beautifully written. The readers did a wonderful job. A must read for sure

Wow! Just wow!

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