Highways in Hiding by George O. Smith
"Highways in Hiding" by George O. Smith is a science fiction novel published in 1956. When a mysterious spaceborne illness called Mekstrom's Disease begins turning victims into stone, a secret society establishes hidden highways and safe houses to shelter the infected. Against this backdrop, espers and telepaths navigate a world where extraordinary abilities collide with a deadly plague. A cure exists, but those who possess it remain in the shadows, creating an
underground network invisible to ordinary society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Smith, George O. (George Oliver), 1911-1981 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 56010475 |
| Title | Highways in Hiding |
| Note | Also published in abridged form with the title Space plague. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highways_in_Hiding |
| Credits |
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Missing persons -- Fiction |
| Subject | Deception -- Fiction |
| Subject | Extrasensory perception -- Fiction |
| Subject | Epidemics -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 20519 |
| Release Date | Feb 6, 2007 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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