Brian Herbert

"Before Dune . . .The epic tale of Duke Leto Atreides and his rise to power ... The fierce ambitions of his mortal enemy, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen ... The struggles of the young girl Jessica, the Baron's secret daughter, under the harsh training of the Sisterhood school ... The schemes of Shaddam Corrino to create a synthetic spice that may bring unlimited wealth, or cause the collapse of the Spacing Guild ... And the implausible dream of Planetologist...

Duncan, Sheeana, and several refugees struggle to keep the Enemy at bay, using genetic technology to bring back Paul Muad'Dib, Chani, Lady Jessica, Dr. Wellington Yueh, and others from Dune's past. Based on an outline by late "Dune" author Frank Herbert.

Frank Herbert's Dune ended with Paul Muad'Dib in control of the planet Dune. Herbert's next Dune book, Dune Messiah, picked up the story several years later after Paul's armies had conquered the galaxy. But what happened between Dune and Dune Messiah? How did Paul create his empire and become the Messiah? Following in the footsteps of Frank Herbert, New York Times bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson are answering these questions...

Everyone knows Frank Herbert's Dune.
This amazing and complex epic, combining politics, religion, human evolution, and ecology, has captured the imagination of generations of readers. One of the most popular science fiction novels ever written, it has become a worldwide phenomenon, winning awards, selling millions of copies around the world. In the prophetic year of 1984, Dune was made into a motion picture directed by David Lynch,

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A prequel to Frank Herbert's science fiction classic, "Dune," that takes readers back ten thousand years, chronicling the war in which humans won their freedom from their "thinking machine" masters and showing how the houses of Atreides and Harkonnen became mortal enemies.

A prequel to "Dune," introducing the characters, alliances, treacheries, and hopes that form the foundation of the classic science-fiction saga.

The hopes of the Synchronized Worlds and Unallied Planets for peace, after centuries of war with the thinking machines, are dashed when Omnius unleashes virulent plagues throughout the galaxy, setting the stage for a final showdown in the Battle of Corrin.

"Planetologist Padot Kynes arrives on Arrakis and goes on a sandworm hunt; the Bene Gesserit discuss a secret hope about the Kwizatz Haderach; Duncan Idaho tries to escape from the Harkonnens; Leto Atreides can't wait to explore Ix but he is left stranded on a strange planet"--Publisher.

A violent coup is planned by the emperor's son; eight-year-old slave Duncan Idaho seeks to escape his cruel masters; and a young man named Leto Atreides begins a fateful journey.