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The Carrier
  • Published: 2 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9780857508126
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $49.99
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The Carrier

  • Ruth Newton
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Tr. Paperback
30 June 2026
EBook
2 July 2026
Audiobook
2 July 2026
Hardback
2 Aug 2026
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How much is your suffering worth? A conversation-starting, high-concept thriller for fans of Apple TV’s Severance and Jessamine Chan’s The School of Good Mothers.

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?
  • Published: 2 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9780857508126
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $49.99
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Praise for The Carrier

I absolutely loved this novel - I finished it in one weekend. The entire novel is a call to arms for women.

Marie O'Hare

I so enjoyed it: smart, absorbing and disturbingly timely.

Erica Wagner

Timely, innovative and fantastically compelling.

Pandora Sykes

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

Emily Buchanan