Mind Out
Author: Diana Carter
 
The Cerebralists
Who are the Cerebralists - and who controls them? What is the significanceof the pine cone symbol each wears around his neck? Are they just another group of lost children, trying to find a place in an alien world, or do they have more sinister reasons for their existence? Why do they insist upon absolute secrecy and isolation - barring reporters, visitors, even parents?
These are some of the questions bothering Neil Hanson, a perhaps too-inquisitive news reporter. His quest for answers leads him to a bizarre story - a story that unveils the world of clandestine communes, a story the public can no longer afford to have remain a mystery. It is a story that turns into a nightmare for the innocent Giselle Baker, and into a triumph for others, especially the unsuspecting Oscar Orloff.
 
PINNACLE 1st PRINTING JULY 1973