What Remains of Men
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In the year 2120, society has evolved, or fractured, in the aftermath of a silent viral epidemic that rendered the male population nearly extinct and infertile. In this new matriarchal world, women are the architects of order, love, and procreation. On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Hazel Thorne is faced with the duty that all women her age must eventually fulfil: to contribute to the continuation of the human race.
Haunted by unanswered questions, government mandates, and the cold efficiency of The Gallery, one of the nation's enigmatic fertility clinics, Hazel begins a journey that is as much internal as it is political. As she navigates the sterile bureaucracy of conception, the buried complexities of sisterhood, friendship, autonomy, and secrecy rise to the surface. Her best friend Sylvie has been through the process. Her sister Elspeth is now heavily pregnant. But no one speaks of what really happens behind the locked doors of the chambers.
In a world without men, Hazel is about to meet her Adam and uncover what that word truly means.
Where the Men Sleep is a hauntingly intimate dystopian novel that asks: In a future shaped by loss, who decides how we rebuild? And what is left of choice when your body no longer feels like your own?
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