A Game of Authors

By Frank Herbert

2013

First Published

3.31

Average Rating

148

Number of Pages

4H31M

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A previously unpublished thriller by the author of Dune Murder. Mystery. Mexico. American journalist Hal Garson finds himself in a deadly game of authors when he travels to Mexico on the hunt for a killer story. With only a desperate letter to follow, he ignores the warnings of death and danger that he will find and travels to Ciudad Brockman, where monsters lurk behind friendly faces and swim hungrily below the lake searching for blood. Garson unearths a lethal game infused with conspiracy, murder, and spies, and winds up in a crossfire with a dangerous crime lord. Along the way, he finds people who may not want to be found…including a mysterious and beautiful woman. One question lies heavy on Garson’s mind… Who can be trusted? This heart-stopping thriller by Dune author Frank Herbert offers something for everyone, if you dare to travel with Garson.

Avg Rating

3.31

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Author

Frank Herbert

Author · 64 books

Frank Herbert (1920–1986) was an American novelist best known for the landmark science‑fiction epic Dune, a visionary saga that fused ecology, politics, religion, and power into a new literary architecture for the genre. Dune won the Hugo and Nebula Awards and spawned a cycle of sequels—Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, and Chapterhouse: Dune—that deepened its philosophical reach while shaping modern world‑building and serialized storytelling. Beyond Dune, Herbert’s craft ranged from social SF like The Dosadi Experiment to ecological thrillers such as The Green Brain, each marked by rigorous systems thinking, layered prose, and moral ambiguity. His influence endures in the canon of speculative fiction: a writer who proved science fiction could be intellectually audacious, commercially vital, and artistically consequential.