Inheritors of Earth Author:Gordon Eklund, Poul Anderson To Alec Richmond, Sylvia Mencken seemed a mere mortal, while he was a Superior, one of the Inner Circle who knew things without being told and had perceptual powers that appeared magical to those who didn't know. — But being a Superior had its shortcomings. He'd started life as an Orphan and was permanently sterile. And, at an... more »y moment, he might lapse into the terrible madness that was the curse of so many Superiors.
Then there was the danger even Alec didn't know about -- the third form of humanity waiting... just waiting... for a chance to strike!« less