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3 | A 2006 novel by Creator/SpiderRobinson. Russell Walker is [[MostWritersAreWriters a political columnist]] for a Canadian newspaper. He is inadvertently dragged into the hunt for a serial killer when an old friend who happens to be a telepath shows up at his door one night. |
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8 | * BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler: How Zandor finally kills Allen. Despite only involving one telepath, it was a real battle, as Alan's vile thoughts are so evil as to be weaponized. Zandor considered this a last resort, because he had sworn he would never do so . . . ''again''.]] |
9 | ** [[spoiler: "I made his selves disbelieve in himself."]] |
10 | * BlessedWithSuck: See AMindIsATerribleThingToRead below. |
11 | * ColdbloodedTorture: Allen's repertoire includes drugs to enhance pain, drugs to prevent his victims from passing out, a perfect painkiller that lets him break every bone in someone's body then allows them to contemplate the excruciating pain they're about to experience. |
12 | * AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Zander, the telepath, finds close proximity to almost anyone distinctly uncomfortable. When he finally comes in close contact with Allen, this becomes a distinct disadvantage. Merely being close to a mind that viciously demented is torture for him. |
13 | * MostWritersAreWriters: Russell, the main character, is a political columnist for a Canadian newspaper. |
14 | * MutantDraftBoard: Apart from his difficulty dealing with the mental noise most people generate, Zander is also in hiding to avoid being drafted by any number of intelligence agencies. |
15 | * PoliceAreUseless: When Russell gets a police officer to listen to him, she can only help him as a civilian because the police can't legally act on any of the (scant) information he has on Allen. |
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