Synopsis
A compelling futuristic tale from this award-winning writer. 'One of Britain's consistently excellent crime novelists.' - THE TIMES In Matthew Matlock's England, the population explosion has been controlled; on Budget Day, the national Expectation of Life is regulated according to what the economy can bear. Matlock introduced the system. Now, forty years later, he is fighting desperately against it, with little support. But suddenly, inexplicably, he finds he has become important - to the Prime Minister, to the Scottish Ambassador, and to the head of a sect called The Meek. He discovers nothing is constant, not even the most basic of principles and relationships. Sometimes it's even difficult to tell the living from the dead...
About the Author
Rudolf Steiner became a respected and well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar. He developed his earlier philosophical principles into an approach to methodical research of psychological and spiritual phenomena that has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, philosophy, religion, education, science, agriculture, and the arts. He founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which has branches throughout the world.
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