The Demolished Man
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In a future where every dark thought can be plucked clean by the mind of a telepath, murder is more than a crime—it’s an impossibility. At least, it has been for seventy years.
But Ben Reich is a desperate man. His corporation is gasping its last in a decade-long war against D’Courtney Enterprises, and the refusal of a merger has pushed him past the point of no return. Haunted by nightmares of the faceless man, Reich makes his move: he kills his rival and buys the silence of a powerful telepath to bury the truth.
There’s just one problem. Police Prefect Lincoln Powell already knows. His gift tells him Reich is guilty—but knowing is a long way from proving. And in a society where murder has become unthinkable, Powell must find a way to bring down the one man bold—or mad—enough to defy the world’s most perfect law.