Sci-Fi Reading Adventure Part 1: "The Family Experiment" by John Marrs 🇬🇧

Please choose one May event that appeals the most.

Eleven contestants.
Nine months to win.
One perfect child.

Some families are virtually perfect . . .

The world's population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. And in the UK, 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. It will follow the chosen 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...

384 pages
science-fiction