Lila was one of those who could, by diving deep, deep within herself, emerge in outer space. The few who could make that journey were honored above all other mortals; already the secrets brought back by the mind-travelers had transformed Earth from the pig-sty of the 21st century to the paradise of the 22nd. But Lila was to learn something beide which the secrets brought back by previous psychic astronauts would pale to insignificance-she was to learn the Truth...and it would not make men free.