Sci-fi

Who Needs Men?

by Edmund Cooper
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Description

Rura Alexandra, Madam Exterminator, had recently graduated into a 25th century world where men had become biologically less important, where women could reproduce as they wished by cloning and parthenogenesis. Her task was simple - in theory, if not in practice: to wipe out the last few thousand men who had taken refuge in the Highlands of Scotland. But an ambush near Lock Lomond led to rape, and the killing of her fellow-exterminators. And Diarmid MacDiarmid, the last remaining rebel chieftain, proved too much of a fascination...

What it’s like

ViolenceGraphic
CombatSkirmish-Heavy
SpiceModerate

Details

First published
July 1972
Pages
192
Reading time
About 4 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Series
Standalone

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