Nine years have passed since Paul Muad’Dib walked into the desert, leaving his Empire in the hands of a Regency that grows increasingly detached from its Fremen roots. Arrakis itself is transforming; the once-harsh dunes are yielding to water and greenery, a miracle of terraforming that ironically threatens the very source of the Imperium’s power: the spice melange. As the ecological balance shifts, the religious fervor surrounding the Atreides name has solidified into a rigid, oppressive bureaucracy, and a mysterious blind figure known only as the Preacher has emerged from the deep desert to challenge the sanctity of the state.

At the center of this gathering storm are Leto II and Ghanima Atreides, Paul’s twin heirs. Unlike ordinary children, they are "pre-born," possessing the full cons...

Nine years have passed since Paul Muad’Dib walked into the desert, leaving his Empire in the hands of a Regency that grows increasingly detached from its Fremen roots. Arrakis itself is transforming; the once-harsh dunes are yielding to water and greenery, a miracle of terraforming that ironically threatens the very source of the Imperium’s power: the spice melange. As the ecological balance shifts, the religious fervor surrounding the Atreides name has solidified into a rigid, oppressive bureaucracy, and a mysterious blind figure known only as the Preacher has emerged from the deep desert to challenge the sanctity of the state.

At the center of this gathering storm are Leto II and Ghanima Atreides, Paul’s twin heirs. Unlike ordinary children, they are "pre-born," possessing the full cons...