''Liege Killer'' is a

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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

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in 1988. In 2013, ''Liege-Killer'' was adapted into a graphic novel, ''Binary'',Binary on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Binary-Christopher-Hinz/dp/1484862740/ref=cm_rdp_product also written by Chris Hinz, and illustrated by Jon Proctor.

Sequels

* ''Ash Ock'' (1989) * ''The Paratwa'' (1991)

References

1987 American novels 1987 science fiction novels American post-apocalyptic novels Debut science fiction novels 1987 debut novels {{1980s-sf-novel-stub