03 - Penal Cluster by Randall Garrett

What happens when telepathy emerges in society? The answer isnt pretty the draconian punishment of being chained to an asteroid and left to drift endlessly in space. In this gripping tale, we explore the unsettling reality of Earth‚As response to telepaths, branded as psychodeviants by a world gripped with fear. As the psychodeviant police hunt these so-called threats, one must wonder are all telepaths truly malevolent? Could it be that one of the hunters is hiding a secret of his own? Join us on this thought-provoking journey into a future where fear shapes the fate of humanity. - Summary by Philip A. Chenevert