As the director of the Jerhattan Parapsychic Center, telepath Rhyssa Owen was in charge of assigning jobs to the psychically gifted Talents. Despite facing challenges from the demand for kinetics to work on the space platform, she always welcomed new Talents to the Center. Twelve-year-old Tirla, with her remarkable talent for languages, managed to scrape by in the Linear developments, where poverty was rampant and children were often forced into menial labor.
Meanwhile, young Peter, who was paralyzed in an accident, dreamed of going to space, where zero gravity would make things easier for him. In the midst of all this, an unusual man with no apparent Talent appeared in Rhyssa's life, causing her to question everything she knew about her people. And when two young Talents with unexpected abilities emerged, Rhyssa realized that the true potential of Talentkind may be even greater than she imagined.
