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Scientists were trying to decipher a mysterious cosmic message using biology, and a new virus escaped from the laboratory. When Carol Sturka, the author of science fiction romance novels, returned home to Albuquerque from a promotional tour, the virus had completely taken over the planet, allowing people to communicate telepathically and making them completely tolerant and happy—except for Carol and a few others who were immune to the pathogen. The new humanity was completely against violence, and wars and nations had disappeared, but Carol was not satisfied with this new world order. She was determined to restore things to their pr...