'Chilling, inventive, horribly plausible and brilliantly addictive.' - C. J. Tudor, author of The Gathering'The books of John Marrs have become a quiet phenomenon . . . Thoughtful, well written .. . and alarming' - Daily MailSome 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 ten 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