From The Author Of Dune, The Greatest Sf Novel Of All Time, Comes A Stunning Evocation Of Alien Cultures In The Far Future, Humans And Aliens Have Joined Together In A Galaxy-wide Federation Of Intelligent Species: The Consentiency. But Its Existence Is Now Threatened By The Discovery Of A Secret, Illegal And Deadly Experiment On The Planet Dosadi. There, The Froglike Gowachin Have Created A Brutal Society: 850 Million Beings, Human And Gowachin, Are Confined In An Area Of 40 Square Kilometres. But The Experiment In Overcrowding Is Getting Out Of Control: The Beings That Have Bred On Dosadi Are So Tough And Resourceful That They Are Capable Of Breaking Out Of Their Monstrous Prison And Overrunning The Galaxy.