Alfred Bester

In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen. In 2301 murder is virtually impossible, but one man is about to change that... Ben Reich, a psychopathic business magnate, has devised the ultimate scheme to eliminate the competition and destroy the order of his society....

Gully Foyle, Mechanic's Mate 3rd Class. EDUCATION: None. SKILLS: None. MERITS: None. RECOMMENDATIONS: None. That's the official verdict on Gully Foyle, an unskilled space crewman. But right now he is the only survivor on his drifting, wrecked spaceship. When another space vessel, the Vorga, ignores his distress flares and sails by, Gully becomes obsessed with revenge. He endures 170 days...