The Seventh Son

by Sebastian Faulks

First published 2023

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Talissa Adam agrees to become a surrogate mother through a London fertility institute funded by technology billionaire Lukas Parn. Unknown to her, the pregnancy is part of an illicit genetic experiment intended to produce a child unlike any modern human being.

Seth grows up with unusual abilities and ways of perceiving the world, while the adults around him struggle with the consequences of choices made before his birth. As scientific curiosity turns into institutional pressure and public danger, the novel becomes a study of parenthood, identity and the ethical limits of biotechnology.