Jealousy. Grief. Despair. How much would you pay never to feel them again? What if the true cost were that someone else had to feel them for you? ''Welcome to Eudaimonia. Our Carriers are trained to process difficult emotions, so you don''t have to.'' A revolutionary new technology allows clients to outsource undesired emotions to Carriers - women who are paid to process them. Those who can afford Expression never have to feel emotional pain again. In a world full of suffering, there is no shortage of demand. Fortunately for Emotional Transport Operator Viv, employees at biotech firm Eudaimonia can use the service for free. She loves her job, is proud that she helps people escape their sadness. Then one day, she enters a restricted-access room at the clinic, and things are not at all what she expected. One of the Carriers is dangerously ill, overloaded with too much trauma in order to meet the clinic''s quotas. Despite Viv''s best efforts, she dies. And now, she''s seen too much. She flees, but the company is on her tail, determined to silence her - by any means necessary. Before they get to her, can she make heard the voices of all the women who have borne too much?

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Ruth Newton is a writer and campaign producer, working with charities and NGOs. The Carrier, her debut novel, was longlisted for BPA's first novel award, shortlisted for Hodderscape x The Science Museum's Debut Science Fiction award and won the Jericho Writers' Friday Night Live competition. She lives in the North East with her husband and son.

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HOW MUCH IS YOUR SUFFERING WORTH? An unmissable, thought-provoking new thriller - this book will blow your mind. Perfect for fans of VOX, The Power and The School for Good Mothers.

'Timely, innovative and fantastically compelling.' PANDORA SYKES

**Why should you suffer when she can do it for you?**
A revolutionary company can free you from your unwanted emotions.

Jealousy, grief, despair. If you can afford to, you need never feel them again.

In your place is a Carrier - a woman who is paid to process your pain.

In a world full of suffering, there is no shortage of demand.

But this company has secrets. The true cost of your freedom is a Carrier's life.

Would you let her pay the price?

Everyone is talking about The Carrier...

'Smart, absorbing and disturbingly timely.' ERICA WAGNER

'A propulsive thriller you'll remember long after the last page. An incredibly accomplished debut.' ASIA MACKAY

'A breath-taking debut and essential reading for our times.' EMILY BUCHANAN

'Holds no punches - a fast-paced, prescient novel.' JODIE MATTHEWS

'An acute allegory for emotional labour, and the subtle yet oppressive toll this gendered reality takes on our lives and bodies.' RACHEL DONALD

'I finished this novel in one weekend - loved it.' MARIE O'HARE