Telempathy

What if you could feel exactly what an audience thinks before they even know it? In this sharp 1960s satire, Cam Schofft is a hotshot adman in a Hollywood where image is everything and empathy is the ultimate weapon. Then he meets Everett O'Toole, a man with an impossible gift: he experiences others' emotions as his own. Together, they see a fortune in forecasting public sentiment before it happens. But when their telempathic talents are deployed to manipulate a political rally led by the menacing Father Sowles, the technique proves far more dangerous than either man imagined. The novel builds to a chaotic crescendo that forces both men to confront what they've unleashed, asking uncomfortable questions about consent, manipulation, and whether understanding someone's feelings gives you the right to shape them.