This elegant near-future novel about a daring scientific experiment explores the evolution of consciousness
also delved into the enigma of consciousness, and at the heart of his latest novel, The Seventh Son,
The essence of the story is this: a cash-strapped academic called Talissa Adam agrees to become a surrogate mother for a childless English couple, Mary and Alaric. The procedure takes place at an institute run by rogue Silicon Valley tycoon Lukas Parn, a man not dissimilar tobut minus the cage fighting and with an interest in the human genome rather than space exploration.
The difficulty with discussing this experiment in detail is that the plot of the novel rests on a twist that it would be a pity to reveal. However, who Seth really is, how he differs from the rest of us, what his consciousness consists of and how he wrestles with the loneliness of being cognitively unique are the questions at the core of the book.
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