ISBN: 0553896954 9780553896954

Category: Fiction / Science Fiction / Space Opera

Page count: 688

<b>Book Three of the Epic Prequel to the Classic Novel <i>Dune</i>—Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture</b><br><b> </b><br><b>The grand finale of the complex epic trilogy of the generation before Frank Herbert’s masterwork <i>Dune</i>.</b><br> <br>Shaddam Corrino IV, Emperor of the Known Universe, has risked everything to create a substitute for the spice melange . . .<br> <br>The substance that makes space travel possible . . .<br> <br>That prolongs life . . .<br> <br>That allows prescience . . .<br> <br>A substance that is found only on the desert planet Arrakis, a harsh world of storms and monstrous sandworms.<br> <br>Shaddam has used the noble houses as chess pieces for his scheme, causing the overthrow of powerful families, raising other houses to power.<br> <br>The Bene Gesserit Sisterhood works their own plans, manipulating bloodlines, trying to create their long-awaited messiah, the Kwisatz Haderach.<br> <br>Duke Leto Atreides battles his mortal enemy, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, while his love for the beautiful and wise Jessica grows even in the face of bloodshed and betrayal.<br> <br>But are they all just pawns of an inevitable future centered around the planet Dune?<br> <br><b>Look for the entire prequel series</b><br><b>DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES • DUNE: HOUSE HARKONNEN • DUNE: HOUSE CORRINO</b>