Testing the limits is Dr. Jasper Hodgkin s

profession, but the world of academia

holds few rewards for practitioners of the

unconventional discipline of parapsychol-

ogy. After a pioneering breakthrough

linking telepathic communication to

behavior modification, Jasper is lured

away from his English university research

labs and from his bright, dedicated

assistant, Becky Ryan into the more

lucrative world of business speculation at

Costigan Futures.

When Jasper disappears from his new

Southern California home, however,

Becky doesn t need psychic ability to sense

foul play. She teams up with investigative

journalist Andrew Taggart to get the

answers behmd Jasper s disappearance

or death. Along the way they run afoul of

the masterminds behind Costigan Futures,

who arc out to ensure that the political, as

well as the financial, world of the future

matches their "predictions." If Taggart can

get the story behind the sinister complex ol

psychics, businessmen, and stock market

manipulators, his future reputation will be

assured. All Becky wants to know is that

Jasper is still alive

In this sophisticated thriller, Ruth

Brandon questions the very real applica-

tion of psychic prediction in an unpredic-

table world.