Everyone must submit medical data and sleep records to the authorities on a monthly basis, and regular exercise is mandatory. Mia is young and beautiful, a successful scientist who is outwardly obedient but with an intellect that marks her as subversive.

Paperback edition of the dark sci-fi novel from the German author of "Dark Matter". Set in a near future society where healthy living is enforced. 'Juli Zeh's novel gives form to a dystopia that remains hauntingly recognizable' Charlotte Ryland, "TLS"