The novel “Mindstar Rising” by Peter F. Hamilton was published for the first time in 1993. It’s the first of the Greg Mandel trilogy.

During his time in the British Army, Greg Mandel was part of Mindstar Brigade, where his body was altered to give him psychic powers. After returning to civilian life, he’s using his intuition and emotion detection abilities for an activity as a private detective.

When Event Horizon, a great company state-of-the-art in the technological field, suffers what are suspected to be acts of industrial sabotage, its founder Philip Evans turns to Greg Mandel. The company’s internal security team couldn’t find out the saboteurs so they need external help from someone able to quickly discover if any employees are lying. Mandel’s ability reveals a more situation complex than expected.