British actors Kingsley Ben-Adir and Erin Doherty are to star in Another Life, the debut release from 2023 Brit List writer, Karla Marie Sweet for Audible.
Karla Marie Sweet is a Brit List nominated British-American actor and writer with credits including BBC, Netflix and Hulu.
A feminist, dystopian page turner Another Life tackles the: What happens when something ostensibly good falls into the wrong hands?
The story is around the controversial External Womb Programme, which provides women with the technology to outsource their pregnancy to a machine. While many women hail this as revolutionary, others struggle with what this subversive new technology might mean for the future of motherhood and, indeed, the world.
After losing her parents in a car accident, Lucy marries James – sweet, straight, dependable, and completely unlike her charismatic, hard-to-pin-down ex Violet.
All Lucy craves a glittering career as an actor, but James wants to settle down and have a baby, so when they discover the External Womb Programme, it looks like they can have it all.
There are twists and turns along the journey including the return of an old flame and a corrupt government stepping into power leading to the groundbreaking piece of technology falling into the wrong hands.
Karla Marie Sweet: “Writing my debut novel has been such a joyful experience. It’s been a way for me to grapple with so many concepts, themes and world issues. A means of articulating so many fears and dreams.
“Developing the coming-of-age stories of these characters over the last few years has also been a big part of my own coming of age. I’m so grateful that Audible could see this novel’s potential and working with them since they came on board has been nothing short of wonderful.”
Another Life is available to pre-order now and will be exclusively available on Audible from 19 September at audible.co.uk.