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Dune

House Corrino

October 27, 2020 | Mass market paperback
ISBN: 9780593159620
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Description

Book Three of the Epic Prequel to the Classic Novel Dune--Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture
 
The grand finale of the complex epic trilogy of the generation before Frank Herbert's masterwork Dune.
 
Shaddam Corrino IV, Emperor of the Known Universe, has risked everything to create a substitute for the spice melange . . .
 
The substance that makes space travel possible . . .
 
That prolongs life . . .
 
That allows prescience . . .
 
A substance that is found only on the desert planet Arrakis, a harsh world of storms and monstrous sandworms.
 
Shaddam has used the noble houses as chess pieces for his scheme, causing the overthrow of powerful families, raising other houses to power.
 
The Bene Gesserit Sisterhood works their own plans, manipulating bloodlines, trying to create their long-awaited messiah, the Kwisatz Haderach.
 
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.
 
But are they all just pawns of an inevitable future centered around the planet Dune?
 
Look for the entire prequel series
DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES o DUNE: HOUSE HARKONNEN o DUNE: HOUSE CORRINO

About this Author

Brian Herbert is the son of legendary science fiction author Frank Herbert and has written the definitive biography of him, Dreamer of Dune, a finalist for the Hugo Award. He has also written many highly imaginative novels, including The Timeweb Chronicles, the ecological fantasy Ocean (with his wife, Jan), The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma, The Unborn, and The Assassination of Billy Jeeling. His earlier acclaimed novels include The Stolen Gospels, Sudanna, Sudanna, and Sidney's Comet, as well as Man of Two Worlds (written with his father). Brian Herbert also co-manages the legacy of Frank Herbert and is an executive producer of the new motion picture Dune and the forthcoming TV series Dune: The Sisterhood. He and his wife live in Seattle, Washington.
 
Kevin J. Anderson has written in many genres: science fiction, epic fantasy, suspense/thriller, and humor. He is best known for his work in the Star Wars, X-Files, Batman, and Superman universes, as well as the space opera The Saga of Seven Suns; the epic fantasy Spine of the Dragon; his humorous Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. series; and two steampunk fantasy adventures, Clockwork Angels and Clockwork Lives, written with legendary Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. Anderson is creative consultant on the new Legendary motion picture of Dune and is co-producer of the forthcoming TV series Dune: The Sisterhood. He is the publisher of WordFire Press and also professor and director of the publishing MA program at Western Colorado University.
 
Together, Herbert and Anderson have written numerous international bestselling novels set in the universe of Frank Herbert's Dune, as well as the definitive graphic novel adaptation of the classic Dune. They are the authors of an original epic science fiction trilogy, HellholeHellhole Awakening, and Hellhole Inferno.

ISBN: 9780593159620
Format: Mass market paperback
Series: Prelude to Dune
Pages: 688
Publisher: Random House Worlds
Published: 2020-10-27

$5.32

Reviews

"Each action lays another stone in the remarkable construct of the world of Dune."--Booklist
 
"The second 'Dune' series is proving to be more accessible and just as entertaining as the original."--Oregonian

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