Mute - another set of novels never to see the light of day.... It is set in Arid, an alternate Earth covered with deserts after catastrophic climate change. The four warring empires suffer orchestrated right-wing coups that blame the Guild of Psychics for the environmental disasters and the global pogrom begin. Many of the psychics are telepathic and are demonised as 'Mutes' - this is the story of their fight for survival in a dying world.