IQ: The Final Test - Softcover

An epidemic of 'brain fever' attacks the young people in a small town. Then the local infrastructure begins to crumble as the town's long-established building society goes into liquidation and both the education and health authorities are bankrupt. Then suddenly finance miraculously appears for an immunization program and for IQ testing of all school pupils. As the media is manipulated and the Internet disintegrates, it is IQ testing that dominates the lives of parents, children, and teachers in the area.

Adrienne Fox lives in the North of England. She was a lecturer in music education at Durham University and director of the music department in a school. She has also worked as a music journalist and, as a 'crossover' musician, has performed on both the classical and jazz platforms. Now retired, she continues to compose music, play chamber music, and write concert reviews. This is her fourth novel.