Snakeskins

by Tim Major

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A timely science-fiction thriller examining the repercussions of rejuvenation and cloning on individuals' sense of identity and on wider society.

Caitlin Hext's first shedding ceremony is imminent, but she's far from prepared to produce a Snakeskin clone. When her Skin fails to turn to dust as expected, she must decide whether she wishes the newcomer alive or dead.

Worse still, it transpires that the Hext family may be of central importance to the survival of Charmers, a group of people with the inexplicable power to produce duplicates every seven years and, in the process, rejuvenate. In parallel with reporter Gerry Chafik and government aide Russell Handler, Caitlin must prevent the Great British Prosperity Party from establishing a corrupt new world order.

Snakeskins is an SF thriller examining the repercussions of rejuvenation and cloning on individuals' sense of identity and on wider society, with the tone of classic John Wyndham stories and the multi-strand storytelling style of modern TV series such as Channel 4's Humans.
  • ISBN10 1789091047
  • ISBN13 9781789091045
  • Publish Date 29 September 2020 (first published 7 May 2019)
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Out of Print 3 September 2020
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Titan Books (UK)
  • Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
  • Pages 416
  • Language English