Alison has suffered Autism since childhood. Now aged 17, her parents take her to see Dr. Mallam for psychotherapy. Alison is tested with Zener cards and he suspects she is a telepathic. Along with Dr. Raeburn they attempt to discover more.
During a séance, a medium writes down complex equations which seem to be the final work of a recently deceased physicist revealing the secret of cold fusion, to the consternation of a rationalistic scientist.
Stones and curses go together. A series of strange events connected with Stonehenge lead Professor Reeve, an Oxford historian, to wonder if this superstition is true.