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The regions that have survived the holocaust in Watson's new novel have largely transformed themselves from prewar violence into a peaceful utopia, without either conflict or art. In place of belief in a religious afterlife, the old and ailing accept euthanasia at Houses of Death where priestlike guides counsel them. One of these guides is Jim Todhunter, who pursues research into the nature of death despite official censure. When he is assigned to guide that rarity in the new worlda murdererhe finds a natural ally in the obsessive Nathan Weinberger, himself an ex-guide. As usual with Watson, the initial impression of a green and pleasant land is revealed to be only one facet of a more complex and disturbing reality. Intriguing and intricately worked out, this is among his better novels.
 
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August 1986 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0312185561Title: Deathhunter: A Science Fiction Novel
Author(s): Ian Watson
ISBN: 0-312-18556-1 / 978-0-312-18556-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: St Martins Pr
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1982 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000HG3KRWTitle: DEATHHUNTER.
Author(s): Ian. Watson
Publisher: Readers Union
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October 1981 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0575030232Title: Deathhunter
Author(s): Ian Watson
ISBN: 0-575-03023-2 / 978-0-575-03023-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: Gollancz
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Paperback Editions

July 1987 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0312900333Title: Deathhunter
Author(s): Ian Watson
ISBN: 0-312-90033-3 / 978-0-312-90033-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: St Martins Mass Market Paper
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1986 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000OTHV2MTitle: Deathhunter
Author(s): Ian Watson
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November 1982 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0552120715Title: Deathhunter
Author(s): Ian Watson
ISBN: 0-552-12071-5 / 978-0-552-12071-5 (UK edition)
Publisher: Corgi Childrens
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