Hellstrom's Hive
This was the first book I've read by Frank Herbert. From what I've read about its background, it wasn't one of his best. It was written on commission in just a few weeks. I enjoyed many parts of it, but to be truthful, parts of it dragged along. Herbert paints a vivid and pretty believable picture of a human colony which lives underground and mimics the way of insect colonies. However, the conclusion was anticlimactic, almost as if added as an after thought.