Introduction

Vanessa Smith looked like any normal seventeen year old girl. But Vanessa wasn''t normal at all.

Her Powers

She possessed extraordinary telepathic powers - and in the 1990s telepathy was the ultimate weapon in psychological warfare. Vanessa, along with other gifted children, was virtually a prisoner at Random Hill Residential School, developing her abilities for Government exploitation.

The Escape and Aftermath

So when she escaped, Vanessa became a political embarrassment. Questions were asked by the Opposition. It was vital for the Prime Minister, the ruthlessly dictatorial Sir Joseph Humbolt, that everything that marked Vanessa''s existence should be erased. And orders were given that she should be hunted down - using telepaths like herself - and destroyed.