Lewis Orne of the Investigation and Adjustment service is brought to the planet Marak barely alive, kept going in a womblike creche pod. Recovered, he is set a problem harder than hunting fanatics: to find a hidden, dedicated bloodline working across generations to steer the affairs of human worlds.
Early Herbert from Astounding in 1959, already turning over the themes of breeding and secret power that drive Dune. Download the free EPUB.