j_rowley 's review for:

The Children of Men by P.D. James

3.0

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It is the future and humans haven't been able to reproduce for about 25 years. The ability to procreate had been slowly decreasing without notice at first. (sociological reasons were given for the declining birthrate) Now there have been no babies for many years. Government (England) is being run by a council of 5. The cousin of the lead is a professor who has been just existing after he accidentally killed his daughter. Population centers keep getting smaller. Then a group contacts him to bring a message to his cousin. Do something about the penal colony, about the cheap labor being imported, and the compulsory tests for fertility most have to take. He is unimpressed by the demands but does find a connection with one of the group. This connection wakes him up to his world and what is going on.

Loved the set up but felt the end was off.