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Highways in Hiding [Hardcover]

George O. Smith (Author)
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June 28, 2007
"Someone had stolen an important part of Steve Cornell's life.

It was bad enough when his fiancée vanished. It was infinitely worse when everyone in the world insisted it couldn't have happened the way he knew it had.

In a world where ESP and telepathy were normal, it was difficult to keep secrets. But Steve's search for his missing sweetheart brought him to the threshold of one of the greatest secrets of all time. And it was obvious that somebody would stop at nothing to keep him from uncovering it.

What were the oddly sinister symbols along otherwise ordinary roads? What was behind the spreading plague called Mekstrom's Disease? Why were there ""blank"" spots where telepathy didn't work? Who was the elusive enemy with powers even beyond those ESP had bestowed on mankind?

And, most important of all ... could Steve find that enemy before they made him vanish too?"


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  • Hardcover: 168 pages
  • Publisher: Wildside Press (June 28, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1434401200
  • ISBN-13: 978-1434401205
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,160,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars A long-time favorite psi-themed treasure, April 18, 2009
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I recall reading this book in the halcyon days of my youth, whiling away the hours reading now classic sci-fi and fantasy before the advent of x-box and the web as the teenage distractions of choice. There have always been ways to avoid studying in HS and college and this book was a perfect escape from the demands of formal education. Wouldn't life have been great with the powers described in this book? An interesting and quick-reading mix of alternate human abilities, secret societies and intrigue and action drawing on both themes still makes a great escapist read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Super Reader, August 30, 2007
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The Rhine Institute's work lead to humans having a larger and larger number of fully functional telepaths and espers among them.

Now, the worst disease around is caused Mekstrom's. However, one of the effects on the disease is flesh transformations, and if victims lived, they would be superhumanly strong, resistant to damage, and live many times longer.

When Steve Cornell has a car accident and his fiance to be disappears, he is stuck in a conspiracy theory, and finds out about the Highways In Hiding, and a secret battle between two groups that have a higher level of knowledge about Mekstrom's disease, and a cure.

A superhuman underground that wants good for the general population, and those that want to be a superhuman elite have their own covert struggle happening, and Steve becomes a key player.
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4.0 out of 5 stars intriquing, April 24, 2011
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I first read this book as a young teen and the concept of the two types of extra-sensory perception, the disease that slowly turns people to "stone," and the mystery nature of this science fiction novel stuck with me ever since. After rereading it, I realize the writing may not be stellar, but the aforementioned ideas make it still an interesting read.
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Mekstrom's Disease, Scholar Phelps, Miss Farrow, Medical Center, Nurse Farrow, Steve Cornell, Phillip Harrison, Marian Harrison, Mekstrom Flesh, Miss Macklin, Miss Lewis, Officer Gruenwald, Rhine Institute, Mekstrom Carrier, Jonas Harrison, Catherine Lewis, Gloria Farrow, United States, Mekstrom's Flesh, Otto Mekstrom, Peter Wright, Medical Research Center, New York, Horace Westfield, Henry Walton
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