Follows the adventures of Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by its fierce, nomadic people, who help him unravel his most unexpected destiny.
This additional prequel to the late Frank Herbert's classic novel DUNE picks up 24 years after the previous prequel, DUNE: THE BUTLERIAN JIHAD. The war against the robots and the computer Ominius continues, scientists are on the brink of revolunizing space travel, and on Arrakis, the outlaws who will one day become the Fremen--the tough, worm-riding desert nomads who play a major role in the original DUNE--are gathering.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres, Fiction + Literature Themes, Science Fiction + Fantasy
- Subgenre: Saga + Myth + Legend, Classics, Galactic Empires + Space Operas, Politics, Political, Rites of Passage, Psionic Powers, Settings, Space Travel, Travel + Voyages, Ecology, Messianic / Religious, Militaristic, Conflicts + Dualities, Types of Characters
- Publisher: Ace Books
- Pages: 528
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: July 30, 2005
- Date Published: July 30, 2005
- Author: Frank Herbert