Borrowman Cell, The

Verena Vitek shot and killed a man when she was fifteen. A youthful refugee from the conflict in Serbia, Verena dreams of the day when she can legitimately kill again. Her chance comes when she joins an animal-rights activists cell headed by John Borrowman, a London, Ontario, zoologist. He's haunted by a recent trip to China in which he witnessed the barbaric practice of milking Moon bears for their bile, an ingredient in a growing variety of commercial products. They make an odd pair. To stop the Chinese from establishing the barbaric practice of milking bears for their bile in Algonquin Park, John Borrowman finds himself having to rely on Verena--emotionally damaged, dysfunctional, but a crack shot with her AR-7 rifle. The bears may be saved, but death and ruined lives are the human price to be paid.