The betrayal that turned House Atreides and House Harkonnen into mortal enemies
The discovery of spiceāthe most valuable substance in the known universe
The birth of the Sisterhood, Suk Doctors, Mentats, and Spacing Guild
The origins of the Fremenāformer slaves who find a new home on the desert planet
Ten thousand years before Frank Herbertās masterpiece Dune, humanity is oppressed by powerful machine rulersāthe computer overmind Omnius, the maliciously curious robot Erasmus, and their monstrous half-machine collaborators, the cymeks.
Vorian Atreides is born among the machine worlds and trained to be loyal to his cymek father, but he finds all his preconceptions challenged when Serena Butler becomes a prisoner of Erasmus and a victim of his insidious experiments. After a heart-wrenching tragedy, Serenaās passionate grief ignites the religious war that will sweep across the Galaxy and liberate humans from their machine mastersāno matter the cost. Will Vorian discover that he belongs among humanity, or remain a pawn of the thinking machines?
Here, too, is the amazing tale of the Zensunni Wanderers, who escape bondage to flee to the desert world where they will declare themselves the Free Men of Dune. Experience how they learn to summon and ride the majestic sandworms.
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Dune: The Butlerian Jihad - Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
The betrayal that turned House Atreides and House Harkonnen into mortal enemies
The discovery of spiceāthe most valuable substance in the known universe
The birth of the Sisterhood, Suk Doctors, Mentats, and Spacing Guild
The origins of the Fremenāformer slaves who find a new home on the desert planet
Ten thousand years before Frank Herbertās masterpiece Dune, humanity is oppressed by powerful machine rulersāthe computer overmind Omnius, the maliciously curious robot Erasmus, and their monstrous half-machine collaborators, the cymeks.
Vorian Atreides is born among the machine worlds and trained to be loyal to his cymek father, but he finds all his preconceptions challenged when Serena Butler becomes a prisoner of Erasmus and a victim of his insidious experiments. After a heart-wrenching tragedy, Serenaās passionate grief ignites the religious war that will sweep across the Galaxy and liberate humans from their machine mastersāno matter the cost. Will Vorian discover that he belongs among humanity, or remain a pawn of the thinking machines?
Here, too, is the amazing tale of the Zensunni Wanderers, who escape bondage to flee to the desert world where they will declare themselves the Free Men of Dune. Experience how they learn to summon and ride the majestic sandworms.