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Exciting news! New Scientist’s book club launches today, and we’re kicking things off with the excellent science fiction novel The Ferryman by Justin Cronin (@jccronin)

Sign up today, and tell us what you think at #NewScientistBookClub newscientist.com/sign-up/bookcl… Image
Justin Cronin's new science fiction novel transmutes the familiar trope of a utopia with a dark secret into a deep story with humanity at its centre. Read along with us at #NewScientistBookClub newscientist.com/article/mg2583…
From Lost to The Tempest, the author of The Ferryman reveals the cultural influences behind his new science fiction novel - the first pick for the #NewScientistBookClub newscientist.com/article/237485…
This tantalising extract is taken from the prologue of The Ferryman by Justin Cronin, a science fiction novel which is the first pick for the #NewScientistBookClub newscientist.com/article/237486…

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