Distant Friends and Others — Timothy Zahn

Why do telepaths fall in love?

Telepath Dale Ravenhall was in love with fellow telepath Colleen Isaac. Unfortunately, the same ability that permitted them to read each other's thoughts when they were a thousand miles apart would kill them both if they came within twenty miles of each other.

Their only hope was to develop a shield against telepathy; only then could they be more than distant friends. What they didn't realize was that such a shield would make them--and all telepaths--the helpless prey of the cynical exploiter who had been secretly funding telepathic research....

Publisher's Note: This volume is composed of two parts: three tightly linked stories that compose the short novel Distant Friends itself, plus several bonus stories by this #1 New York Times bestselling author.