8vo. 190 pp. Light blue publisher's boards, black lettering on spine, w/ d.j.

8vo. 190 pp. Light blue publisher's boards, black lettering on spine, w/ d.j. cover art by Vincent Di Fate, NF/NF copy, w/ G.P. Putnam's printed "Review Copy" slip laid-in. First edition, Review Copy, of this Herbert work shadowing with plot twists reminiscent of his Dune saga, formed from the previously published short stories: "You take the high road" (1958); "Missing Link" (1959); "Operation Haystack" (1959); and "The Priests of Psi" (1960). Set against the backdrop of a sprawling galactic empire, a young agent, and attempts by the young monks of the planet of Amel to create through "Religious Engineering" a human God.