But what do they really want? Are they a threat to humanity? Trilling and ominous vision of the future with both hope and chaos within reach. The computer games developer Rakel realizes that the new children that are born after the worldwide infertility are different. ”What to read – here are this week’s favorites: The New Man by Boel Bermann.ĭiscomforting vision of our future. Original Swedish title: Den nya människan Kalla Kulor Förlag, Sweden, 2013, 205 pages Praised, dystopian debutant author who combines her interest for fantasy, science-fiction and horror, developing world famous video games. After a brutal incident at work, Rakel escapes: From anxiety and betrayed love, seeking solace in drink and the company of strangers. More children are born and they develop faster than normal humans. She is among the first to realize that the new generation is a threat to humanity’s very existence. Against her will, Rakel becomes involved when she kills one of the new children. They don’t play games or show emotions, they only watch silently. After a few years, women begin to get pregnant again, but the new children are not like children used to be.

No children are being born and the world is in shock. That’s what they tell me in the police station interrogation room.

What happens when all the new children being born aren’t normal?

I always close the wardrobe before I fall asleep to the monsters can´t sneak out. I have previously studied journalism, criminology, social science, film science, social anthropology at Stockholm University. I´m a member of the Swedish writers collective Fear that blogs and produces a podcast with short stories in the genres science-fiction, fantasy and horror.īesides my authorship, I work at a game company. “The New Children” is my debut novel and was published in the fall of 2013 in Sweden, a dystopian novel set in a very close future. I have a background as a reporter and I have worked for several large newspapers in Sweden.

Sommarskuggor by Boel Bermann