Freshwater Condition:Like New and the mixed political motives

and the mixed political motives of those who seek to combat the crime

If the rumours of the amulet's powers are true David could not only pay off his dying sister's medical bills - he could offer her a chance of survival

She awakes from a coma in intensive care to find herself completely paralysed

like all the women in the settlement

Freshwater Condition:Like New and the mixed political motivesAda has always been unusual. Her parents prayed her into existence, but something must have gone awry. Their troubled child begins to develop separate selves and is prone to fits of anger and grief. When Ada grows up and heads to college in America, a traumatic event crystallises the selves into something more powerful. As Ada fades into the background of her own mind, these 'alters' now protective, now hedonistic take control, shifting her life in a