Dream Baby

The United States said that the war in Vietnam was for hearts and minds... A few people were after the minds alone. McAllister's masterful novel draws you slowly but inexorably into the shadowy world of the CIA operations in Vietnam, into an ultra-secret project to exploit the paranormal "talents" developed by some soldiers in combat. ► Masterful interior monologues that yield eerie, tingling tension make this terrifying novel one of the most memorable chronicles of the Vietnam War. ◄ Publishers Weekly ► This book is so engrossing I devoured the first third of it in a noisy, crowded cafe. McAllister has an excellent ear for speech, a good grasp of description and emotion, and he can create research notes and memos that will chill you. 'Nam novel? Yeah. Good speculative fiction? Definitely. ◄ The San Diego Tribune *** Young Army nurse Mary Damico dreams the deaths of soldiers before they happen, but cannot save them. Only when she is recruited for a secret unit of other ESP "talents"--one run by a rogue CIA psychiatrist who may be a "talent" himself--can she become the psychic warrior she needs to be to stop the insanity and save those she loves. DREAM BABY is based on fifteen years of research, interviews with two hundred veterans of three American wars who reported paranormal experiences that kept them alive, and on actual classified contingency plans to end the war in Vietnam that have still not been made public. Winner of a National Endowment for the Arts writing award and finalist for the Hugo and Nebula awards as science fiction. * Cover art by Thomas Canty xiii+434pp