Q

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IN THIS WORLD, PERFECTION IS EVERYTHING

Terrifyingly plausible Louise Candlish
Devastating and brilliant Woman & Home
Thought-provoking Alice Feeney
Shocking . . . A powerful tale Cosmopolitan
Timely Kia Abdullah
Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the states new elite schools. Her daughters are exactly like her: beautiful, ambitious, and perfect. A good thing, since the recent mandate thats swept the country is all about perfection.

Now everyone must undergo routine tests for their quotient, Q, and any children who dont measure up are placed into new government schools. Instead, teachers can focus on the gifted.

Elena tells herself its not about eugenics, not really, but when one of her daughters scores lower than expected and is taken away, she intentionally fails her own test to go with her.

But what Elena discovers is far more terrifying than she ever imagined

What readers are saying about Q

To everyone that loved Vox and wants to read another like it this is just for you!!

I love Dalchers books, they grip me from the beginning and I find them impossible to put down

I read this book in 24 hours! I loved it.

An amazing read . . . thought provoking and made me eager to know what is coming next from this brilliant author.

This book had me hooked from start to finish.

Both timely and chilling. Q is a thrilling read

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Its hard to tell if this book is truly a work of fiction or a horrific glance at reality Prima

Like all the best dystopian fiction, Q takes the reader just a pace or two beyond where were already at. This is a sharply written and terrifyingly plausible tale of an education system where less than perfect is a life-threatening condition I devoured it in a single day.' Louise Candlish

Shockinga powerful tale exploring themes of survival and superficiality. Cosmopolitan

Christina Dalcher is fast becoming one of my favourite authors. It's a master class in dark dystopian fiction, clever, thought-provoking, beautifully written, and terrifyingly believable. Alice Feeney

Powerful, devastating, shocking brilliant. Woman & Home

WHAT A BOOK. Shockingly, terrifyingly real Christina Dalcher has got another bestseller on her hands. Lisa Hall

Orwell meets Atwood in Christina Dalchers Q, a chilling look at how polite society can sleepwalk its way into horrifying atrocities. Timely, tense and frighteningly plausible, Q is an urgent clarion call against complacency. Kia Abdullah

Dalcher conjures an America informed by tragic elements of its past and present where science and humanity are both abused in ways that are all-too familiar and plausible. Her heroic women and tough yet elegant prose suggest Margaret Atwood updated for this moment. Michael D'Antonio

Author Bio

Christina Dalcher earned her doctorate in theoretical linguistics from Georgetown University, specializing in the phonetics of sound change in Italian and British dialects. She and her husband split their time between the American South and Naples, Italy. VOX is her debut novel.