Intrusion

Imagine a near-future city, say London, where medical science has advanced beyond our own and a single-dose pill has been developed that, taken when pregnant, eradicates many common genetic defects from an unborn child. Hope Morrison, mother of a hyperactive four-year-old, is expecting her second child. She refuses to take The Fix, as the pill is known. This divides her family and friends and puts her and her husband in danger of imprisonment or worse. Is her decision a private matter of individual choice, or is it tantamount to willful neglect of her unborn child? A plausible and original novel with sinister echoes of 1984 and Brave New World.

Reviews of Intrusion

A disturbingly real socialist dystopia GUARDIAN This near-future sci-fi novel could almost be a sequel to George Orwell's 1984 – 2084, perhaps THE SUN Thoughtful, plausible and scary SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Intrusion is a finely-tuned, in-your-face argument of a novel … MacLeod will push your buttons – and make you think SFX – 4.5 stars A twistedly clever, frighteningly plausible dystopian glimpse Iain M. Banks A haunting, gripping story of resistance, terror, and an all-consuming state that commits its atrocities with the best of intentions Cory Doctorow It's all so close to the bone it's almost painful … Intrusion is a rather frightening vision of the road we are taking with our smoking bans and our obesity epidemics and our CCTVs BOOKBAG.CO.UK MacLeod creates a frighteningly plausible dystopia INTERZONE