Unbegotten Child

Sara Caffey, a sharp-tongued news correspondent with no patience for nonsense, sits in a hospital room insisting she cannot be pregnant because she has never married. Dr. Foley, confronted with unmistakable signs of a six-month fetus, tries to persuade her that the truth is not tumor or cancer but an impossible child. Her disbelief gives the story its biting wit, while her private pride and hunger for a story hint at the deeper mystery ahead. Three days later, her former surgeon, the celebrated Dr. Phillipe Sansome of Paris, arrives with her medical history and a theory as astonishing as it is unsettling. He claims Sara's condition is not disease but evidence of a radical evolutionary shift in human reproduction, in which cancerous growth becomes a form of pregnancy. Sansome insists he altered her treatment to encourage this reversal, arguing that heredity, survival, and the body's own instincts support his idea. Foley cannot decide whether he is a genius or a man worn down by obsession, but Sansome's logic and evidence are compelling enough to keep him close. As the doctors wait for the outcome, the novel builds a provocative blend of science fiction, medical suspense, and darkly comic skepticism. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.