Connor is a rebellious child and his parents can't cope with him any more, so they sign the order. This is called unwinding - because each and every body part (well, 99.4% to be exact) is used in transplantation surgery.Ĭhildren are unwound for very different reasons. However, when a child reaches thirteen, its parents can decide on a retroactive "abortion". Under the Bill of Life, all pregnancies must be brought to term.
If human beings killing one another over the definition of life itself were not horrific and ludicrous enough, the negotiated peace takes things one step further. Pro-lifers and pro-choicers fought the Heartland War. It's wonderful, wonderful stuff - but sensitive readers may be troubled by a shocking description of the process. Summary: A powerful, shocking, and intelligent novel about a future which practises retroactive abortion on troublesome teenagers, then uses their body parts for transplant.
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