The Green Brain - Plot Introduction

Plot Introduction

The book is set in the not-so-distant future, where humankind has all but succeeded in controlling all life on the planet and almost completely wiping out all insect life. The earth is divided into a "Green Zone" which humans totally dominate (or so they believe) and a diminishing "Red Zone" that is not yet conquered.

The "Green Brain" of the title is an intelligent organism that embodies and arises from nature's resistance to human domination. It is able to command social insects to form humanoid-shaped collective organisms which it uses to infiltrate the "Green Zone".

The book is about a small team sent in to the jungles of Brazil to investigate the problem, who find out that some of their assumptions were wrong.

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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