Inheritors of Earth Author:Poul Anderson & Gordon Eklund "He thinks I killed your father. He was warning me." They stopped beside the wall. Her face was less pale--she seemed able to stand unassisted now. She gazed at Alec. "Did you?" she asked. 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 perce... more »ptual 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 any moment, he might lapse into 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