The telepathic Talents which they shared set them apart. They met with suspicion, then outright hostility from the un-Talented. Disaster loomed large when freaks, "wild" Talents, brought dissension to the group and threatened to destroy it. By the author of "The Ship Who Sang" and "Damia".They were people whose gifts were unique. For years - centuries - they had not even understood just what they could do with their minds. They had sometimes become astrologers, clairvoyants, or healers, but their Talents were undeveloped and untrained.