The Surveillance by Julian May (1988, Paperback, Reissue)

Synopsis
Set in an alternate 1940s Earth, thousands of years after the events described in the Saga of the Pliocene Exile series, humankind--descended from time-traveling beings from the far future--unconsciously strives to achieve the next level of evolutionary development. This is the first volume of the Intervention duology.

Key Details
Author:	Julian May
Language:	English
Publisher:	Ballantine Books
Format:	Paperback
ISBN-10:	0345355237
ISBN-13:	9780345355232

Additional Details
Edition Description:	Reissue

Size
Height:	6.8 in
Width:	4.3 in
Thickness:	1 in
Weight:	6.4 oz

Publisher's Note
In 1945, the technology of death was mastered, and Mankind entered a new era that could well be its last. But Nature evolves its own defense, and since that time, unnoticed throughout the world, children with amazing mental talents have been born. They are the metapsychic operants -- and they have the power to rule the world.

But superhuman ability misguided can be as sure a weapon as the deadliest bomb. Will the new humans lead us to utter destruction? Or will they show us the way to take our place among the truly intelligent races of the universe?

"I enjoyed Julian May's Pliocene Exile series and have been waiting for her new book. She is a writer of perception and power who has created an original world by a skillful weaving of archeology, mythology, and imagination." -- Jean Auel

"I've long been impressed with Julian May's imaginative and richly detailed alternate history. The care and attention she brings to her novels is an inspiration to anyone with ambitions to create a self-consistent world of fiction. Unlike so many others, she does her homework and weaves threads from real life into her tapestries of wonder."

-- David Brin