Odd John
by Olaf Stapledon
John Wainwright is a freak - a human mutation with extraordinary intelligence, both striking and frightening everyone who encounters him. Ordinary people were just playing with John - a test subject for an endless chain of experiments. Their feelings, and sometimes even their lives, are costly. Odd John has a plan - to create a new order on Earth, a new super-powered species. But the world is not ready for such changes...
