Operation Haystack, Frank Herbert
Operation Haystack, Frank Herbert
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Operation Haystack

Author: Frank Herbert

Narrator: Saethon Williams

Unabridged: 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/23/2025

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Operation Haystack by Frank Herbert is a taut science fiction novella exploring political power, covert operations, and the manipulation of genetics in a vast galactic society. As tensions rise within the Galactic League, intelligence operative Lewis Orne finds himself drawn into a high-stakes investigation with far-reaching consequences. With its blend of intrigue, suspense, and speculative science, this early work from the author of Dune offers a gripping glimpse into the forces that shape civilizations—and the individuals who dare to confront them.

About Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert's speculative fictions have taken the grand themes and questions of politics, ecology, overpopulation, and much more and applied them to the human drama. His most popular works are the well-known Dune books: Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, and the extraordinary bestseller God Emperor of Dune. He wrote more than twenty other works of fiction and nonfiction, including a book on home computers, before his death in 1986.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Antonio on March 29, 2023

Now this is the story that's interesting from Frank Herbert. I noticed something that he did and one of his short stories that Isaac Asimov has done. He evolves his ideas In this short story. For example he incorporates what we now know as the Bene Gesserit. Of course this is not in the Dune univer......more

Goodreads review by Βασίλειος on November 10, 2022

A man literally shattered, a hideous conspiracy to overthrow the government, and all these in a splendid sci-fi world. Lewis Orne is your above the average undercover agent, who after a horrible accident, infiltrates a seemingly peaceful family seeking evidence of a plot that will surely put the who......more

Goodreads review by Beatrice on June 13, 2019

An interesting little story about a man investigating the possibility of a takeover. He is staying with the family that may be behind the conspiracy. He is recovering from a horrific accident and near death. I was fascinated with his treatment in a pod. While staying with the family he discovers the......more

Goodreads review by DOUGLAS J BERRY on March 19, 2020

Set in the I and A universe. Frank Herbert is mainly known for his dune universe. This story is set in the I and A universe. Basically a sort of culture clash novel where the main character orne saves the day by identifying the underlying culture and crafts a solution at the last moment.......more

Goodreads review by Joel on February 21, 2023

Este es un relato de esos que sientes que le faltaron páginas, eso puede ser muy positivo (depende a quién se lo preguntes). Es evidente la obsesión por el poder, se camuflan muy bien. Esto es ficción, pero se siento como un mensaje oculto del autor. Quizás son ideas mías, pero se sintió así. PD: El r......more