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Liege-Killer

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Liege-Killer
AuthorChristopher Hinz
Cover artistBill Sienkiewicz
LanguageEnglish
SeriesParatwa Trilogy
Release number
1
GenreScience fiction
Set inNear future
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
Publication date
February 1, 1987
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages458
AwardsCompton Crook Award (1988)
ISBN978-0312000653
Followed byAsh Ock 
Websitewww.christopherhinz.com
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Liege Killer is a science fiction novel by American writer Christopher Hinz. The book and its sequels Ash Ock and The Paratwa are set in human colonies in orbit around a desolated post-apocalyptic Earth.

The antagonists of the books are the Paratwa, a new species resulting from experimentation on human embryos in the near future. They are a single consciousness occupying pairs of telepathically linked bodies. The Paratwa are highly skilled warriors but look like normal people; the only way to identify a Paratwa match is by inflicting strong pain upon one of them and observing the reaction in the other.

The books follow the activities of humans and Paratwa as these old enemies are reunited more than a century after the earth's apocalypse, during which humans had believed the Paratwa were extinct.

The novel won the Compton Crook Award in 1988.

In 2013, Liege-Killer was adapted into a graphic novel, Binary,[2] also written by Chris Hinz, and illustrated by Jon Proctor.

Sequels

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  • Ash Ock (1989)
  • The Paratwa (1991)
  1. ^ Hinz, Christopher (1987). Liege-Killer Hardcover – February 1, 1987. ISBN 0312000650.
  2. ^ Binary on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Binary-Christopher-Hinz/dp/1484862740/ref=cm_rdp_product