Direct Descent - Plot Summary

Plot Summary

Set in the far future, it consists of two stories about how the peaceful Archivists of the library planet Earth have to deal with warmongers arriving and trying to exploit knowledge for power. It contains a lot of pictures and is aimed at children or adolescents.

Works by Frank Herbert
Dune universe
  • Dune
  • Dune Messiah
  • Children of Dune
  • God Emperor of Dune
  • Heretics of Dune
  • Chapterhouse: Dune
  • "The Road to Dune"
ConSentiency universe
  • "A Matter of Traces"
  • "The Tactful Saboteur"
  • Whipping Star
  • The Dosadi Experiment
Destination: Void universe
  • Destination: Void
  • The Jesus Incident
  • The Lazarus Effect
  • The Ascension Factor
Standalone novels
  • The Dragon in the Sea
  • The Green Brain
  • The Eyes of Heisenberg
  • The Heaven Makers
  • The Santaroga Barrier
  • Soul Catcher
  • The Godmakers
  • Hellstrom's Hive
  • Direct Descent
  • The White Plague
  • Man of Two Worlds
  • High-Opp
Short story collections
  • The Worlds of Frank Herbert
  • The Book of Frank Herbert
  • The Best of Frank Herbert
  • The Priests of Psi
  • Eye


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