Free The Monolith Murders by Lorne L. Bentley

continuously being developed, but at this stage the number of people that possess them are relatively few. But as Darwin in effect stated, the few people that hold extraordinary capabilities will become the earth’s survivors and their genetic predisposition will eventually promulgate to new generations. I believe eventually these exceptional people will no longer be rare. Future generations will all share these magnificent traits and they will become as common as is your current ability to discern that someone is looking at you from behind.”  
    “Interesting,” said Fred. “How long do you believe that will take?”
    ‘Unfortunately, ESP abilities will not promulgate with the speed of the major technical breakthroughs of the last century which have allowed us to live longer, have more spare time on our hands and communicate with the speed of light across the planet. Technical advancements ricochet around the world very quickly. When Edison invented the light bulb he provided the information for others to replicate his breakthrough via the written word. That data was received and processed by the entire world in less then a decade. The brain doesn’t function that way. In order to pass ESP capacity along to those that don’t possess it, we either have to wait a million years or so, or—”
    “—Or what?” said Fred.  
    “Or to propagate that ability immediately we have to decode the process, program it and introduce it as an artificial component of the brain. At AU we have personnel with tremendous ESP skills and we have, through neuroimaging, found the exact areas of the brain where those skills develop.”  
    “Where is that?” Fred asked.
    “Every known ESP ability is located in the neocortex.”  
    “So when Donna had the ESP devise inserted, what special talents did she gain?”  
    “She had the talent, though somewhat diluted, of a confluence of all of our ESP analysts’ abilities.”  
    “Which are?”
    “Mind reading; the ability to take over another person’s brain for a limited period and see what they see by entering their primary visual cortex; control their thoughts; effect both remote viewing and mind over matter capabilities.”  
    “My God, that’s scary!” Fred interjected. “I knew she was powerful, but I never realized how much.”
    “In a God fearing person, Fred, it wouldn’t be scary, but in Donna’s case, yes. I agree it was as scary as it could possibly be.”
    “Were all of those ESP abilities in Donna equally strong; or were some more advanced in their development?”
    “I can give you a couple of answers relative to that. The capabilities she held were a somewhat watered down version of that which our better analysts possess. Whenever we attempt to construct a model, it’s never quite as advanced or comprehensive as the original. Most of her new-found abilities came from a synthesis of the special capabilities that Marv Atwell had. Of course, we focused on him because he was more ESP developed than any of our other analysts.”  
    “Well, that’s good news that she only had a partial ability.”
    “Yes. But now the bad news. We know that the module that was formerly in Donna’s brain is subject to an ESP learning process. We know because we built it that way. It interacted with other parts of her brain, it was nourished and advanced by constant feedback; it continued to develop even during her sleep periods. We created it almost as a living entity, one that’s far from static but capable of continuous development and evolvement.”  
    “And just how long does that process take to fully mature?”
    “Well, unfortunately, right after we implanted the thing in Donna, we lost her cooperation and our ability to monitor her progress; so we really don’t know. We just know that if the device hadn’t been removed she would still be evolving.”  
    “But I thought you said these ESP advancements would take a long time.”
    “My statement was associated