THE SEVENTH SON

''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 hasan 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 startsto 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