Breakthrough in thought reading technology!Science fiction is rapidly evolving into science fact as a new scientific breakthrough allows scientists for the first time to read our thoughts with potentially explosive results. In a recent BBC interview a leading scientist refused to rule out the potentially sinister implications of this new technology.1Is this the dawn of an exciting new age of scientific discovery or are we about to enter a nightmarish world where our every thought can be read by those in control of the technology?A new fast-paced crime thriller, ‘Brainstem’ by George Judd offers a glimpse of the world we are about to enter.A computer scientist’s thought reading invention triggers a murderous game of cat and mouse between five players, each with their own dangerous agenda. They engage in a deadly battle of wits, manoeuvring to gain control of this new generation of computer with fatal consequences. Whoever ultimately wins will gain domination of this new technology and the power to use it as they will.1