Rob Lewis is an ordinary guy, a computer programmer, wife, twin babies. The family is struggling to juggle two careers and makes ends meet. Then Rob suddenly gets a super-power: he can read people's minds, and influence their behaviour. He starts to experiment a little, but when a thoughtless command ends in tragedy, he realises the seriousness of the power. And when he can't control the power, and influences his children inadvertently, he has to run away to protect the family he loves, and ends up homeless in New York. A chance encounter gives him new hope, and a way to learn control, and he eventually tracks down the source of his power in an Asian desert.
This is very low key, but gives a real feeling for how sudden super-power might affect a very ordinary, decent person, and the moral dilemmas to could lead to. The training to control the powers by playing blackjack, and the crooked casino owner's reactions to the winning streaks, are interesting. And the revelation of the source of the powers is also handled very nicely.
