The End of Men

Christina Sweeney-Baird was born in 1993 and grew up in London and Glasgow. She studied Law at the University of Cambridge and graduated with a First in 2015. She works as a corporate litigation lawyer in London. The End of Men is her first novel.

"The End of Men is a fiercely intelligent page-turner, an eerily prescient novel, at once thoughtful and highly emotive."-Paula Hawkins, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Girl on the TrainSet in a world where a virus stalks our male population, The End of Men is an electrifying and unforgettable debut from a remarkable new talent that asks: what would our world truly look like without men?Only men carry the virus. Only women can save us all. The year is 2025, and a mysterious virus has broken out in Scotland-a lethal illness that seems to affect only men. When Dr. Amanda MacLean reports this phenomenon, she is dismissed as hysterical. By the time her warning is heeded, it is too late. The virus becomes a global pandemic-and a political one. The victims are all men. The world becomes alien-a women's world.What follows is the immersive account of the women who have been left to deal with the virus's consequences, told through first-person narratives. Dr. MacLean; Catherine, a social historian determined to document the human stories behind the "male plague"; intelligence analyst Dawn, tasked with helping the government forge a new society; and Elizabeth, one of many scientists desperately working to develop a vaccine. Through these women and others, we see the uncountable ways the absence of men has changed society, from the personal-the loss of husbands and sons-to the political-the changes in the workforce, fertility, and the meaning of family.In The End of Men, Christina Sweeney-Baird turns the unimaginable into the unforgettable.Story Locale: Across the UK and the US

COMPLETELY IMMERSIVE: Readers will not be able to stop talking about The End of Men. A brilliantly conceived thriller, it is a book that begs the reader to ask: What if?INCREDIBLY TIMELY HOOK: The End of Men is an of-the-moment look at today's biggest issues: global pandemics, gender politics, and feminism. Christina Sweeney-Baird has spun a tale that encompasses fertility, government, dating apps, and the politics of treating disease and managing a population in crisis.NUANCED WOMEN CHARACTERS: The many first-person voices at the heart of the novel are complex and relatable. Sweeney-Baird captures an incredible range of emotions in her characters, spanning from panic, grief, determination, and hope, leaving a lasting impression on readers.A SWEET SPOT IN THE MARKET: The combination of complex female characters and of-the-moment themes has been a hit with readers in novels, as we have scene with the success of novels like The Power and Station Eleven. The End of Men will publish into the same popular space.INTERNATIONAL BUZZ: The novel has garnered huge international excitement, with preempts across Europe and major deals in Sweeny-Baird's home country (the UK) and in Canada. There is also a great deal of television interest.