John of JOhn
Douglas Stuart
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Scottish BookAuthor: Christina Sweeney-Baird
£8.95
A sharp, haunting speculative novel set in a near future where a mysterious virus wipes out most men - forcing the survivors to navigate power, identity and grief. Ideal for readers who enjoy dystopian fiction with emotional depth and societal questions.
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We found The End of Men unsettling, ambitious, and thought provoking. It uses a bold idea to explore power, grief, and survival, and it stays with you long after the final page.
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The world changes with terrifying speed in The End of Men. In 2025, a mysterious illness begins killing men across the globe while women remain untouched. What starts as a medical anomaly quickly becomes a worldwide emergency as societies struggle to respond to a crisis with no precedent.
As hospitals fill and governments falter, families are forced into impossible choices. Women become carers, protectors, and leaders, fighting to keep sons, partners, and fathers alive while fear reshapes daily life. With misinformation spreading as fast as the disease, the search for answers becomes a race against collapse.
Scientists work under relentless pressure to understand the sickness before it claims more lives, but time is running out. The question is no longer whether the world will change, but how deeply. Tense, provocative, and unsettlingly plausible, The End of Men explores love, power, and survival in a world where the balance of humanity is suddenly and irrevocably altered.
Modern Literary Fiction
Modern Literary Fiction
Stonemouth
Iain Banks
£9.95