George O. Smith ~5 hr read

In a world where telepathy and telekinesis are established science, a man on the run stumbles onto a hidden network, and a conspiracy the psi-powered would kill to protect.

George O. Smith's 1956 novel builds a fast psi-powered mystery-thriller around a secret that reaches across a mind-reading society. Sharp, inventive golden-age SF. Read it for a gripping tale of hidden roads and hidden minds, where the truth is guarded by people who can hear you think.

In its time

Published in 1956, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

~5 hr read (a novel-length work, settle in).