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The dragon in the sea

by Frank Herbert

After twenty undersea vessels are lost retrieving oil from enemy territory, a psychologist is deployed aboard the subtug Ram to investigate. Deep in the ocean, he must uncover the cause of the disappearances as the crew's sanity begins to crack.

Accession 9138 ISBN — Publisher Penguin
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