In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the min
ds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen. In 2301 murder is virtua
lly impossible, but one man is about to change that...Ben Reich, a psychopathic
business magnate, has devised the ultimate scheme to eliminate the competition a
nd destroy the order of his society. The Demolished Man is a masterpiece of imag
inative suspense, set in a superbly imagined world in which everything has chang
ed except the ancient instinct for murder.