A gritty, deeply moving story that shows how the human spirit can triumph in the harshest of worlds.
The Garbage Chronicles
β Scribed by Brian Herbert
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 196 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
In the super-consumer society of the future, recycling is illegal, and Earthβs garbage is catapulted into deep space. But as humankind reluctantly learns, what goes up must come down. . . . In this rollicking, thought-provoking, highly imaginative exploration, Brian Herbert shares the environmental concerns of his father, Frank Herbert, the world-famous author of Dune.
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