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Set in an agricultural valley in California, the town of Santaroga appears ordinary on the surface, yet it enforces its own unseen rules: houses are neither for rent nor sale, veterans returned only to there upon discharge, and no chain supermarket can open. Within the confines of this enigmatic place, psychologist Gilbert Dasein, accompanied by an old college girlfriend who lives there, probes the secret behind the town’s isolation. As he delves deeper, he encounters puzzling phenomena that defy his expectations—physical, psychological, and even extraterrestrial explanations—before he ultimately confronts the Santaroga Barrier itself.
First publish date: 1846
Genre: Speculative Fiction/Speculative Fiction
Authors: Frank Herbert
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