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Author: Frank Herbert
ISBN: 0-8398-2648-6
Publisher: G. P. Putnam & Sons
Publication Date Year: 1969
Publication Date Month: November
Publication Date Day: 30
Page Count: 186
Format: Hardcover
Description: In the future, "jumpdoors," presented to mankind by the mysterious entities known as Calebans, have made instantaneous travel to any point in the Galaxy a commonplace. But the Calebans are vanishing, and now only one is left, and two agents of the Bureau of Sabotage make a horrifying discovery: When the last Caleban dies, so will everyone, everywhere, who has ever used a jumpdoor! And nobody is known not to have "jumped" at least once... The Caleban must be kept alive -- but it is under contract to a psychotic millionairess who is subjecting it to systematic, damaging torture... From this weird situation, Frank Herbert spins a colorful, fast-moving tale, set in an exotic future civilization -- deft, dramatic, shimmering with the "sense of wonder" that marks the best SF.
Language: English
Link: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL89352...