Christina Dalcher

The Alexandria Project

Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state's new elite schools. Her daughters are exactly like her: beautiful, ambitious, and perfect. A good thing, since the recent mandate that's swept the country is all about perfection. Now everyone must undergo routine tests for their quotient, Q, and any children who don't measure up are placed into new government schools. Instead, teachers can focus on the gifted. Elena tells herself it's not about eugenics, not really, but when one of her daughters scores lower than expected and is taken away, she intentionally fails her own test to go with her. But what Elena discovers is far more terrifying than she ever imagined...

A chilling look into an alternate near future where a woman and her daughter seek refuge in a women-only colony, only to find that the safe haven they were hoping for is the most dangerous place they could be. Miranda Reynolds always thought she would rather die than live in Femlandia. But that was before the country sank into total economic collapse and her husband walked out in the harshest, most permanent way, leaving her and her sixteen-year-old daughter with nothing. The streets are full of looting, robbing, and killing, and Miranda and Emma no longer have much choice—either starve and risk getting murdered, or find safety. And so they set off to Femlandia, the women-only colony Miranda's mother, Win Somers, established decades ago. Although Win is no longer in the spotlight, her protégé Jen Jones has taken Femlandia to new heights: The off-grid colonies are secluded, self-sufficient, and thriving—and Emma is instantly enchanted by this idea of a safe haven. But something is not right. There are no men allowed in the colony, but babies are being born—and they're all girls. Miranda discovers just how the all-women community is capable of enduring, and it leads her to question how far her mother went to create this perfect, thriving, horrifying society.

Femlandia

The gripping new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling phenomenon, VOX ‘Shocking, emotive, urgent and original’ Chris Whitaker ’A non-stop thrill ride’ Jeffery Deaver ’Queen of the “what if” thriller. Unflinching, unguessable and unputdownable’ Simon Lelic

The Sentence

Jean McClellan spends her time in almost complete silence, limited to just one hundred words a day. Any more, and a thousand volts of electricity will course through her veins. Now the new government is in power, everything has changed. But only if you're a woman. Almost overnight, bank accounts are frozen, passports are taken away, and seventy million women lose their jobs. Even more terrifyingly, young girls are no longer taught to read or write. For herself, her daughter, and for every woman silenced, Jean will reclaim her voice. This is only the beginning...

From the critically-acclaimed author of the international bestseller VOX comes a suspenseful new novel that examines a disturbing near future where harsh realities follow from unreachable standards. It's impossible to know what you will do... Every child's potential is regularly determined by a standardized measurement: their quotient (Q). Score high enough, and attend a top tier school with a golden future. Score too low, and it's off to a federal boarding school with limited prospects afterwards. The purpose? An improved society where education costs drop, teachers focus on the more promising students, and parents are happy. When your child is taken from you. Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state's elite schools. When her nine-year-old daughter bombs a monthly test and her Q score drops to a disastrously low level, she is immediately forced to leave her top school for a federal institution hundreds of miles away. As a teacher, Elena thought she understood the tiered educational system, but as a mother whose child is now gone, Elena's perspective is changed forever. She just wants her daughter back. And she will do the unthinkable to make it happen.

Master Class

«Una storia sottilmente inquietante, che si legge tutta d'un fiato. » The Guardian «Esplosivo. » Heat «Con questo romanzo provocatorio, Christina Dalcher si conferma un'autrice di grande talento. » Publishers Weekly «Un thriller che appassiona e fa riflettere, perfetto per i fan del Racconto dell'ancella. » Library Journal Se ti unisci a noi è per sempre… Miranda non ha mai condiviso le idee della madre, una femminista radicale che ha abbandonato la famiglia per creare Femlandia, una comunità interamente gestita da donne. Tuttavia, ora che la crisi economica ha messo in ginocchio il Paese, che crimini e saccheggi sono all’ordine del giorno, e che lei stessa è oppressa dai debiti, Miranda non ha altro posto in cui andare se non quello Stato nello Stato che negli anni è diventato prospero ed efficiente, e ha fatto della solidarietà e della sorellanza la sua cifra distintiva. In effetti, all’inizio per Miranda è un sollievo sentirsi finalmente al sicuro: le viene assegnata una casa accogliente e le vicine sembrano sempre pronte a darle una mano. Eppure ben presto si rende conto che, dietro quella facciata perfetta, si cela una realtà inquietante. Mancano del tutto gli uomini. A scuola ci sono solo alunne, così come tutte le neonate sono femmine. E quando a due ragazzini in pericolo viene negato un aiuto perché maschi, Miranda capisce di non poter restare a guardare e decide di lottare per ciò che ritiene giusto. Ma troppo spesso la giustizia è un lusso, soprattutto se sei donna e se la posta in gioco è la tua libertà. Perché c’è un prezzo da pagare per sfuggire a un mondo governato dagli uomini…

La sorellanza

***The explosive new thriller from Christina Dalcher – Q – is out now!*** ‘Intelligent, suspenseful, provocative, and intensely disturbing – everything a great novel should be’ LEE CHILD ‘Extraordinary’ LOUISE O’NEILL ‘A truly compulsive novel’ STYLIST

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