This gripping debut by E.J. Babb is a haunting glimpse into a very possible, very divisive future. With an unflinching exploration into differences between life and living, this is a must for readers of Orwell's 1984, Huxley's Brave New World and Alderman's the Power.
The public call her a cold-blooded murderer. An executioner. A killer for hire.
Nieve Hindeman is a euthanasist. She is one of hundreds of professionals relieving patients of their pain every day. To her, euthanasia is simply a medical solution to a medical problem.
But when Nieve starts to treat a voluntary patient - a man who is physically healthy but choosing to die - she starts to question the work she does. How can she prove that someone's desire to die is genuine? Can a patient ever be psychologically terminally ill? And is a life ever not worth saving?