THE OFFSET
SFX|October 2021
RELEASED 14 SEPTEMBER
Dave Golder
THE OFFSET

232 pages | Paperback

Author Calder Szewczak

Publisher Angry Robot

On a dying Earth – ravaged by global warming and nuclear fallout – resources are precious, so population growth is controlled by the Offset; for every child born a parent must die. And on their 18th birthday, it’s the child who decides which parent is executed. That synopsis might sounds like the trailer voiceover for the next Hunger Games or Maze Runner style YA movie series – but fortunately The Offset is far more interesting and thought-provoking than that.

The plot follows one family: Miri, a fiercely anti-natalist teenager with a self-loathing for her own existence, and her two mothers; one of whom, Jac, just happens to be a scientist who could save the world. Problem is, Miri is fast approaching 18, and she loathes Jac. Does she have the right to nominate Jac as her Offset?

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この記事は SFX の October 2021 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。