Mindfogger | Michael Rogers

Description

“Mr. Rogers is a storyteller of hypnotic caliber, with a precise fix on the hot, mind-bending California climate.” The New York Times

A Seventies adventure story–science, fantasy and pure entertainment, set in the long-haired hippie subculture of that decade. Back then, Niles Spindrift was a new kind of hero: a gentle electronics wizard. At twelve he was in college, at twenty-two he was about to perfect his “mindfogger,” a device all too capable of controlling the human brain.

Niles is on the run, from the police and FBI and a sinister man named Carpenter. They want him for drugs and draft evasion, but mostly for his invention, which would be useful indeed for the U.S. government.

What he wants is time—time to arrive somewhere, time to build and test his machine. He finds it, and then he is found. Niles and his girlfriend Lila go on the run in northern California. But when they finally turn to face their pursuers, they discover that they have crossed a final frontier…