''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