Randall Garrett was one of the most prolific contributors to Astounding Science Fiction in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Occasion … for Disaster (1960) unfolds in a near-future world where telepaths serve as both intelligence agents and saboteurs, and a string of mysterious accidents threatens to unravel a society that relies on psychic talent. Garrett’s plotting is meticulous and his dialogue sharp — this is polished commercial science fiction at its best.
This free EPUB brings Garrett’s psychic-spy thriller to modern e-readers in a clean edition. Fans of the era’s sophisticated science fiction — think A. E. van Vogt’s paranoid thrillers or early Poul Anderson — will find Occasion … for Disaster a rewarding read that holds up remarkably well.