Parthenogenesis

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In a world where reproduction, identity, and control collide, this unsettling novel turns the biological concept of parthenogenesis into a haunting engine for suspense and transformation. As a community confronts what it means to be “made” rather than born, characters are pulled into a tightening web of secrets, bodily autonomy, and the terrifying possibilities of life engineered to reproduce itself. Stephen Graham Jones blends sharp, propulsive storytelling with his signature blend of horror and cultural critique, using the uncanny to probe themes of power, inheritance, and the stories we tell to justify who gets to create—and who gets created. Part psychological dread, part speculative reckoning, the book asks how far we’ll go to secure the future when the cost is our humanity.

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