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Hellstrom's Hive

by Frank Herbert

In a dystopian America, government agents investigate a secret facility housing a commune of humans with insect-like traits. They uncover a devastating super-weapon and a plan to replace human society with a collective hive-like existence.

Accession 9303 ISBN 0552682764 Publisher Bantam Press
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