About this book
‘I’m going to snuff out the old witches – every last one of them!’<br /><br />Childbirth in England is a state-controlled procedure. Midwives have been outlawed for decades. Only a handful remain, risking everything to help mothers give birth in secret, but now their very existence is under threat.<br /><br />When young nurse Chiara arrives from Sicily, her dreams are quickly shattered by the horrifying truth behind the pristine walls of the Genesis Centre. Meanwhile Rava, the privileged wife of a government official, finds her perfect life unravelling when her pregnancy fails to meet her husband’s requirements.<br />Their worlds collide in a desperate fight for life, choice, and humanity against a system determined to control the future, one baby at a time. <br /><br />