Dune / Herbert, Brian

"Welcome to the far future on the desert planet Arrakis, where Pardot Kynes seeks its secrets. Meanwhile, a violent coup is planned by the son of Emperor Elrood; an eight-year-old slave Duncan Idaho seeks to escape his cruel masters; and a young man named Leto Atreides begins a fateful journey. These unlikely souls will come together as renegades and soon discover that fate has decreed they will change the very shape of history"--Provided by publisher.

"After his father's untimely death, young Leto ascends to Duke of House Atreides while Duncan Idaho starts down the path to become one of Leto's right-hand men. Meanwhile, Baron Harkonnen wastes no time moving against the new Duke by stoking the centuries-long feud between the Harkonnens and Atreides. A new dawn rises when Crown Prince Shaddam successfully ousts his father from the throne of the Imperium. And Pardot Kynes, now considered a prophet among the Fremen, continues forging a path to make the desert planet an oasis"--Amazon.

Duke Leto Atreides, is an royal underdog desperate to free the Ixians from their oppressors and the plot of the Imperial House Corrino that threatens to end space travel by producing a synthetic form of melange.

The hopes of the Synchronized Worlds and Unallied Planets for peace, after centuries of war with the thinking machines, are dashed when Omnius unleashes virulent plagues throughout the galaxy, setting the stage for a final showdown in the Battle of Corrin.

The hopes of the Synchronized Worlds and Unallied Planets for peace, after centuries of war with the thinking machines, are dashed when Omnius unleashes virulent plagues throughout the galaxy, setting the stage for a final showdown in the Battle of Corrin.

Serena Butler, spiritual leader of the Jihadi, decides against her better judgement to accept a startling offer of peace extended by Omnius, a computer "evermind" that has been engaged in war against the humans for decades, while on the faraway planet of Arrakis, Selim Wormrider works to build a tribe from a band of outlaws.