Looking for Author/Titles of a trilogy about genetically engineered twinned psychopathic warriors?

July 12, 2012 3:51 AM

Looking for Author/Titles of a trilogy about genetically engineered twinned psychopathic warriors? It wasn't new in 2005 when I read it; I think it was published mid 90s or earlier. It's essentially a Frankenstein story with genetic engineering.

I want to reread this trilogy. I remember that the names of the psychopaths was something like 'Pataphawa'. Most of them had been killed off in a war, but 3 (or 4?) sets of them were in cyrogenic suspension and got woken up somehow. I remember one set was brother and sister, one set was a set of three, one set had one member die and a new addition, and I think there was another set.

Anyone know what books I'm talking about?

posted by ysabet to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (4 answers total)

Dean Koontz's Frankenstein is an ongoing series that seems to fit the description, but I've never read it, so I don't know about the details.
posted by dortmunder at 4:03 AM on July 12, 2012

Response by poster: Hm, that's not it at all. It's too recent, and has a very different plotline.

Perhaps my 'Frankenstein' comment was a bit misleading - it's 'Frankenstein' in the sense that these genetically engineered warriors (perfect soldiers) got out of control and tried to kill everybody. The trilogy is set about 30ish years later (maybe more? I'm not certain).
posted by ysabet at 4:58 AM on July 12, 2012

Best answer: Christopher Hinz's Liege Killer books? The twins are Paratwa.
posted by pointystick at 5:35 AM on July 12, 2012 [2 favorites]

Response by poster: BINGO! That's the one, many thanks!
posted by ysabet at 5:39 AM on July 12, 2012