The novel “Liege-Killer” by Christopher Hinz was published for the first time in 1987. It’s the first book of the Paratwa series.

When Paula and her son Jerem witness a brutal murder, it’s immediately clear from the way it was committed that the perpetrator is not a common murderer. Two centuries after the catastrophe that devastated the Earth, on the orbital colonies the memory of the terrible Paratwa killers has become a legend. More brutal murders confirm that a Paratwa is back in action.

Rome Franco, director of E-Tech, the organization that monitors technological advances to prevent them from threatening humanity, hopes to find in the archives dating back to the times when E-Tech fought the Paratwa something useful for the new situation. Documents about a cryogenic stasis capsule are found, and two people turn out to be there, Nick and Gillian, who could represent hope against the Paratwa.