Five Steps to Tomorrow. Eando Binder

The scene is Earth in the near future. The scientific force of the Dictator Syndicate, controlled by five men, has reduced whole segments of the population to mindless robots. Humanitarian dissenters are driven mad…then swiftly murdered. As civilization's end rushes closer, one lone man opposes the forces of darkness…only he can nullify the powerful invention of the evil five! <P> A classic of science fiction by the author of ADAM LINK, ROBOT!