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Highways in Hiding

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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.

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.

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.