Anachronisms Author:Christopher Hinz Psionics - they were the next step in human evolution, gifted with the powers to receive, send, or act as conveyors of telepathic messages. When psionic Mars Lea boarded the starship Alchemon to join its planetary exploration team, she began receiving ominous psionic messages from an unknown source. Then the team discovered an ancient alien life... more » form, and against Mars Lea's instincts, it was taken aboard the starship in a sealed containment unit...and what was supposed to be a triumphant journey home began. But the journey soon became a living nightmare as the ship's systems inexplicably malfunctioned, starting the crew's descent into psionic madness. The captain, desperate to find and halt the mysterious enemy destroying his ship, was willing to use any defense, including the sentinels, ruthless, fail-safe devices which would sacrifice anything, even the crew, to keep the ship alive!« less