ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD'The year is 2021. The human race faces extinction. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiat, the Warden of England, the old are despairing and the young cruel.
The standalone dystopian novel of mass infertility and pervasive mystery from the Queen of Crime, set in 2021, reissued in a new edition. This title will appeal to fans of "The Handmaid's Tale" and Naomi Alderman's "The Power". 'Extraordinary... P.D. James stretches her considerable talents in this daring novel' "New York Times"
