In the distant future of the Padishah Empire, humanity has spread across the stars, yet it remains shackled to a rigid feudal system where noble houses vie for influence under the shadow of an absolute Emperor. Central to this interstellar economy is the desert planet Arrakis, the only known source of the spice melange. This substance is not merely a luxury; it is a biological necessity for space travel, granting the Navigators of the Spacing Guild the prescience required to fold space. Without the spice, the machinery of galactic civilization would grind to an immediate halt, making Arrakis the most dangerous and coveted piece of territory in the universe.
The narrative begins as House Atreides is ordered by the Emperor to leave their lush homeworld of Caladan to take stewardship of Arra...
In the distant future of the Padishah Empire, humanity has spread across the stars, yet it remains shackled to a rigid feudal system where noble houses vie for influence under the shadow of an absolute Emperor. Central to this interstellar economy is the desert planet Arrakis, the only known source of the spice melange. This substance is not merely a luxury; it is a biological necessity for space travel, granting the Navigators of the Spacing Guild the prescience required to fold space. Without the spice, the machinery of galactic civilization would grind to an immediate halt, making Arrakis the most dangerous and coveted piece of territory in the universe.
The narrative begins as House Atreides is ordered by the Emperor to leave their lush homeworld of Caladan to take stewardship of Arra...
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Find Dune Complete Series Set, 6 Books 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...
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