| Testing the limits is Dr. Jasper Hodgkin sprofession, but the world of academiaholds few rewards for practitioners of theunconventional discipline of parapsychol-ogy. After a pioneering breakthroughlinking telepathic communication tobehavior modification, Jasper is luredaway from his English university researchlabs 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. |
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