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.

Short-listed for Arthur C Clarke Awards 2013 (UK)
Short-listed for The John W Campbell Memorial Award 2013 (UK)
Long-listed for Wellcome Trust Book Prize 2012 (UK)

“Insightful and ingenious . . . Intrusion is both horrific and comic, and deals movingly with the consequences of genetic fixes”

This near-future sci-fi novel could almost be a sequel to George Orwell's 1984 - 2084, perhaps -- THE SUN
A steely, brilliant piece of work -- DAILY TELEGRAPH
Ken MacLeod is the modern day George Orwell -- SFX
Stylish, witty, and engaging! -- SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
Far more fun than deep space drama has any right to be...Just read the book. Then read it again. It's even better the second time. -- SFX
Exciting...Accessible to the average reader as well as the hardcore SF fan. This is a work sure to keep the reader on the edge of her seat. -- ROMANTIC TIMES BOOKCLUB
Insightful and ingenious . . . Intrusion is both horrific and comic, and deals movingly with the consequences of genetic fixes GUARDIAN
A steely, brilliant piece of work DAILY TELEGRAPH

Since graduating from Glasgow University in 1976, Ken MacLeod has worked as a computer analyst in Edinburgh. He now writes full-time.

'A haunting, gripping story of resistance, terror, and an all-consuming state that commits its atrocities with the best of intentions' Cory Doctorow Imagine a near-future London where advances in medical science have led to the development of a pill which can eradicate genetic defects from an unborn baby. Hope Morrison is pregnant with her second child. She refuses to take The Fix, as the pill is known. Her refusal divides her family and friends and puts her and her husband in danger of imprisonment or worse. Is Hope's decision a private matter of individual choice, or is it tantamount to willful neglect of her unborn child? 'A disturbingly real socialist dystopia' Guardian

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.

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