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'John Marrs is not to be missed' ¿ Freida McFadden, bestselling author of The Housemaid 'Few writers do domestic suspense meets dystopia better than John Marrs' ¿ Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Paris Apartment 'The books of John Marrs have become a quiet phenomenon . . . Thoughtful, well written . . . and alarming' ¿ Daily Mail Some families are virtually perfect . . . The world's population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. 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 fee, clients can create a virtual child from scratch, accessing them via the Metaverse and a VR headset. To launch this new initiative, the company behind MetaChildren has created a reality TV show. It will follow its contestants as they raise a MetaChild from birth to the age of eighteen, 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 . . . The Goodreads Choice Award 2024 runner up, The Family Experiment is set in the same universe as John Marrs's bestselling novel The One and The Marriage Act . A dark and twisted thriller about the ultimate 'tamagotchi' - a virtual baby. 'Speculative fiction at its best ¿ original, dark and wickedly clever' ¿ C. L. Taylor, author of Every Move You Make 'His best yet. Frighteningly plausible, gripping, dark, and so clever' ¿ Claire Douglas, author of The Woman Who Lied 'Hurtles towards a chilling denouement - a truly thought-provoking, single-sitting thriller' ¿ Ellery Lloyd, author of The Club 'Chilling, inventive, horribly plausible and brilliantly addictive' ¿ C. J. Tudor, author of The Gathering