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ONE [electronic resource] : The breathtakingly tense, emotive new speculative thriller from the bestselling author of The Waiting Rooms

Eve Smith2023

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In a world ravaged by climate change, a young woman's job of enforcing Britain's one-child policy is compromised when she discovers an illegal sibling on the ministry hit list, and that sibling is hers... `A tightly paced plot set in an all-too imaginable future ... a page-turning, thought-provoking read´ Jo Callaghan 'With echoes of V for Vendetta, ONE serves as a stark warning, challenging societal norms and individual sacrifices in the face of adversity' SciFi Now Book of the Month 'Pleasingly terrifying' New Scientist `A terrifying vision of a global climate emergency, a jaw-dropping government conspiracy and some truly devastating twists ... one hell of a speculative thriller´ Tom Hindle ------------------ One law. One child. Seven million crimes... A cataclysmic climate emergency has spawned a one-child policy in the UK, ruthlessly enforced by a totalitarian regime. Compulsory abortion of 'excess' pregnancies and mandatory contraceptive implants are now the norm, and ...