Fiona Maye is a High Court judge presiding over cases in family court. Struggling with her own family situation, she throws herself into a particularly complicated case involving a 17-year-old boy whose parents will not permit a lifesaving blood transfusion due to their religious beliefs. Compelling and controversial, this is an incredible new novel from the award-winning author of ATONEMENT.

Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; and Nutshell, which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year, and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time.