Well, I could be wrong. There is no real justification offered for the murder. I don't know whether that's the whole point or whether the authors just couldn't be bothered to go back and tie up all the loose ends of their spectacularly shocking opener.
The novel I was talking about seems to be out of print, but available secondhand through Amazon. It has very good reviews:
Re: To Repair and Transform the World
Date: 2008-01-27 10:06 pm (UTC)The novel I was talking about seems to be out of print, but available secondhand through Amazon. It has very good reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/Green-Futures-Tycho-William-Sleator/dp/0140345817