Hellstrom's Hive by Frank Herbert ➤ Nelson Doubleday 1973 First Edition [42 P]

Hellstrom's Hive by Frank Herbert Nelson Doubleday 1973

Title: Hellstrom's Hive

Author: Frank Herbert

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Nelson Doubleday 1973

Edition: First Edition [the true first hardback edition of this title in 1973 with the code 42P in the gutter of page 277.]

Size: 5.75 x 8.5 * 278 pages

Synopsis: From the jacket: The author of Dune returns with an exciting new novel of menace In the summer of 1971, Doctor Nils Hellstrom appeared in his own film production, The Hellstrom Chronicle. The motion picture was a frightening documentary detailing how insects could someday rule the world. It depicted how even a tiny ant or housefly, undaunted by drought, pollution or radiation, could survive through the most deadly holocaust - when higher forms of life, like man, would wither and perish.

The film was an astounding financial success, earning the Doctor quite a large sum of money - money with which to seclude himself on his small stretch of Oregon farm land... money to finance his ultimate production.

That's when the government began to investigate. Sending special agent Carlos Depeaux to the scene, authorities discovered that Hellstrom was running a beehive-like commune populating the well-guarded compound with human insects. Not bug-like in appearance, of course, they still possessed insect powers far outstripping those of mortal men. Able to carry ten times their normal weight like worker ants, cut through darkness with the infra-red eyes of a dragonfly, reproduce whole appendages like the praying mantis - Hellstrom's society was super-human in every sense of the word.

These unbelievable discoveries led agent Depeaux to scour the wooded hills overlooking Hellstrom's complex. It was there that he unwittingly stumbled upon Project Forty an unconquerable super-weapon that could vaporize whole cities in seconds . . . a hellish device that could condemn Earth's helpless masses to Hellstrom's twisted beehive existence forever.

Depeaux knew he had to get these new facts back to the Pentagon before it was too late, but out of the darkened woods came another nightmare aimed straight at the agent. Depeaux tried to outrun the impending horror, but the seething, droning mass of black shadow quickly overtook him and silenced his screams permanently. For Depeaux it was the end...for the world it was just the beginning of the end.

Overall Condition: Very good: The book does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. There is no obvious damage to the cover the dust jacket (with minor wear and tear) is included. There are no missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. It may have very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover as well as very minimal wear and tear. See images.

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