This omnibus contains the novels:Mindkiller(1982),Time Pressure(1987) &Lifehouse(1997).Mindkiller&Time Pressurewere previously revised and published as the omnibusDeathkiller(1996). Also, the original noveletteGod Is an Iron1979) was incorporated intoMindkilleras Chapter 2.FromDeathkiller:Wireheads are the new junkies, with electricity their drug of choice. Once the socket is surgically attached to the skull, a mild current constantly stimulates the pleasure centers, producing ecstasy beyond measure - and if wirehead is left plugged in and unattended, he or she will starve to death while experiencing indescribable joy. Which is what would have happened to Karen if Joe hadn't entered her apartment, pulled her plug, and talked her out of committing suicide by ecstasy. Now, Karen is determined to bring down those who sell the equipment that makes wireheading possible, but as she and Joe attempt to trace the source of the wirehead technology, they keep turning up indications of a shadowy global conspiracy -not to control the world, but to prevent anyone from realizing that the masters of mind control have been controlling us all for some time now...FromLifehouse:June Bellamy had gone for a walk in a park—and came back with memories missing. She didn't know that, but her partner could tell,; she'd told his answering machine about strangers in the park.Now June and Paul are on the run from insidious superhumans who, they fear, can edit their memories and track them down no matter where or how well they hide. They are desperate. But not nearly so desperate as their pursuers.