Inheritors of the Earth

SCIENCE FICTION-TO ALEC RICHMOND,SYLVIA MENCKEN SEEMED A MERE MORTAL,WHILE HE WAS A SUPERIOR,ONE OF THE INNER CIRCLE WHO KNEW THINGS WITHOUT BEING TOLD AND HAD PERCEPTUAL POWERS THAT APPEARED MAGICAL TO THOSE WHO DIDN'T KNOW.BUT BEING A SUPERIOR HAD IT'S SHORTCOMINGS.HE'D STARTED LIFE AS AN ORPHAN AND WAS PERMENANTLY STERILE.AND,AT ANY MOMENT,HE MIGHT LAPSE INTO TERRIBLE MADNESS THAT WAS THE CURSE OF SO MANY SUPERIORS.THEN THERE WAS THE DANGER EVEN ALEC DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT-THE THIRD FORM OF HUMANITY WAITING FOR A CHANCE TO STRIKE.