The Seventh Son

The Seventh Son is a thought-provoking novel about a young American academic who offers to carry another woman's child, leading to an experiment that will upend the human race. It explores the question of what it means to be human and asks if we should do something just because we can.

Format: Hardback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 07 September 2023
Publisher: Cornerstone

The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller


A genuinely thought-provoking piece of fiction


The Times
Extraordinary


William Boyd
Profoundly moving.


A wonderful and life-affirming love story


James Holland
His greatest novel yet


Antony Beevor
Original and enthralling


Peter James
A beautifully written novel.


On the one hand, you have love, kindness, responsibility; on the other, monstrous arrogance and indifference to consequences.


Scottishman
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.


The Seventh Son


is a spectacular examination of what it is to be human.


It asks the question: just because you can do something, does it mean you should?


Sweeping between New York, London, and the Scottish Highlands, this is an extraordinary novel about unrequited love and unearned power.

Weight: 584g
Dimension: 240 x 162 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529153200