![]() ![]() ![]() “You know,” he says, “This is only going to work if we never see each other again.” But that’s not going to happen because he’s expressing his needs and his needs are different. But she just manages to beguile this person who is willing to do it and she never tries hard enough to think why he’s willing.Īnd this is not the end. She can’t bear the fact that this murderer is going to be in the world and her sister isn’t.Īnd if she had to accomplish the revenge herself, she probably would have been utterly helpless. Yes, she can’t get over the murder of her sister, and she can’t bear the fact that the murderer, who was only tried for manslaughter because they couldn’t prove intent (which if anyone wants to say is improbable has happened – personal experience here!). Taryn is hovering at the edge of something, and it is an act of revenge in response to an act of brutality. Listen to Elizabeth Knox talking to Noelle McCarthy about her genre-bending epic work of fantasy Highlights of the discussion After a generous reading from the opening of the novel, Elizabeth Knox begins by discussing its protagonist, Taryn Cornick, who responds to the trauma of the death of her sister by organising what she hopes will be an untraceable hit on the man who was responsible. ![]()
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