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On your eighteenth birthday, one of your parents must die. And you must be the one to decide. Who will you choose?
“The Offset is a prophetic, urgent, gripping read that throws into question what saving the world really means.”
– Natalia Theodoridou, World Fantasy Award Winner and Nebula Finalist
File Under: Science Fiction [ Only One Leaves | The Choice is Yours | Last Hope | Counting Down ]
In a dying world, the Offset ceremony has been introduced to counteract and discourage procreation. It is a rule that is simultaneously accepted, celebrated and abhorred. But in this world, survival demands sacrifice so for every birth, there must be a death.
Professor Jac Boltanski is leading Project Salix, a ground-breaking new mission to save the world by replanting radioactive Greenland with genetically-modified willow trees. But things aren’t working out and there are discrepancies in the data. Has someone intervened to sabotage her life’s work?
In the meantime, her daughter Miri, an anti-natalist, has run away from home. Days before their Offset ceremony where one of her mothers must be sentenced to death, she is brought back against her will following a run-in with the law. Which parent will Miri pick to die: the one she loves, or the one she hates who is working to save the world?
– Angela Saini, author of Inferior
“Smart, compelling and absolutely of the moment. A truly elegant debut.”
– Luke Jennings, author of the Killing Eve series
“I loved the dynamic and found it as scary as it was refreshing. A really well thought out idea crafted with the intention of making you think. This is a must read for fans of The Martian and anyone who has enjoyed any dystopian stories.”
– SFF Oasis
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