An evil genius determined to transform the expression 'scared to death' into an all-too-real situation terrorizes the inhabitants of Gotham City as the Caped Crusader races against time to stop this sinister, unknown enemy before it is too late. Original.

In a future world torn apart by SDS, a worldwide epidemic that causes its victims to temporarily deprive anyone they touch of one or more of their senses, the afflicted victims struggle to preserve their freedom and their lives in the face of hysteria and terror. By the author of The Touch. Original.

Product Description: Robert Luxley has a biological problem that he does not understand and cannot control: one touch from his bare hand will leave you paralyzed for fifteen minutes. He thinks he's one of a kind, until he meets Cassandra, another carrier of what she calls Sensory Deprivation Syndrome...read more

A collection of short stories--by Harry Turtledove, William F. Nolan, janet Asimov, Tananarive Due, Maggie Estep, Kit Reed, and others--documents the bizarre biological phenomenon of Deprivers, people who, for unknown reasons, possess a strange defense mechanism that can incapacitate other human beings, a situation that can cause life-threatening consequences for those who come in contact with a Depriver. Original. (view table of contents)