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In a future where humanity has discarded "thinking machines" in favor of the hyper-developed potential of the human mind, power resides in the control of a single resource: the spice melange. Found only on the unforgiving desert world of Arrakis, this substance grants the longevity and prescience necessary to navigate the stars, making it the essential cornerstone of a precarious galactic feudalism. When Duke Leto Atreides is ordered by the Padishah Emperor to seize Arrakis from his sworn enemies, the Harkonnens, he enters a political landscape where the environment is as lethal as the assassins lurking in the shadows.
At the center of this transition is Paul Atreides, the Duke's heir, who is burdened by a genetic legacy he doesn't fully understand and a planet that views him through the ...
In a future where humanity has discarded "thinking machines" in favor of the hyper-developed potential of the human mind, power resides in the control of a single resource: the spice melange. Found only on the unforgiving desert world of Arrakis, this substance grants the longevity and prescience necessary to navigate the stars, making it the essential cornerstone of a precarious galactic feudalism. When Duke Leto Atreides is ordered by the Padishah Emperor to seize Arrakis from his sworn enemies, the Harkonnens, he enters a political landscape where the environment is as lethal as the assassins lurking in the shadows.
At the center of this transition is Paul Atreides, the Duke's heir, who is burdened by a genetic legacy he doesn't fully understand and a planet that views him through the ...
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Find Dune: The Gateway Collection Frank Herbert in PDF, EPUB, ebook, audiobook, print, or library editions.
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Frank Herbert (1920-86) was born in Tacoma, Washington and worked as a reporter and later editor of a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first SF story was published in 1952 but he achieved fame more than ten years later with the publication i...
22 books in catalog
Frank Herbert (1920-86) was born in Tacoma, Washington and worked as a reporter and later editor of a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first SF story was published in 1952 but he achieved fame more than ten years later with the publication i...
Dune Universe (Publication Order)
Dune Universe (Publication Order)
