The Family Experiment, John Marrs
The Family Experiment, John Marrs
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The Family Experiment

Author: John Marrs

Series: Dark Future #3

Narrator: Clare Corbett, Clifford Samuel, Eilidh Beaton, Joshua Riley, Justin Avoth, Thomas Judd, Nneka Okoye

Unabridged: 11 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/09/2024


Synopsis

From the acclaimed author of The One and The Marriage Act, 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 ActThe VacationThe Family Experiment The One 

About John Marrs

John Marrs is the author of The Good Samaritan, When You Disappeared, and Welcome to Wherever You Are. A freelance journalist based in London, England, he has spent the past 20 years interviewing celebrities from the world of television, film and music for national newspapers and magazines. He has written for publications including the Guardian’s Guide and Guardian Online, Total Film, Huffington Post, Empire, Q, GT, the Independent, S Magazine and Company.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sydney Books on July 19, 2024

HE DID IT AGAIN FOLKS. REVIEW TO COME......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on May 03, 2025

If you want your remaining brain cells to sizzle like charcoal, just flip through the pages of any John Marrs book and feel the ground shake under your feet as the smoke of your burning cells fills the air. His works are truly spectacular, some even more intelligent and mind-bending than episodes of......more

Goodreads review by Jayme on July 09, 2024

John Marrs is back with his latest book, set in the same universe as “The One”, “The Marriage Act”, and “The Passengers” . In this World, the U.K.’s population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economy where a growing number of people can no longer afford to start families, let alone rai......more

Goodreads review by Brittany’sBoundByBloodBooks on April 02, 2025

John Marrs’ The Family Experiment plugs readers into aglitchy, high-stakes reality where parenting isn’t just a challenge, it’s programmed for disaster. In a world running low on resources but high on desperation, ten couples enter the ultimate trial version of parenthood, raising a digital child i......more

Goodreads review by benedicta on May 20, 2024

4.5⭐️ how did I miss news about the release? 😭 my favourite thing about John Marrs’ sci-fi has got to be how perfect technological innovation seems till he pulls the rag from under your feet and you are left feeling like “oh I shouldn’t have been excited too quickly” this concept/plot was just as fasc......more