Dune: House Atreides

TheNew York Timesbestselling prequel to the classic award-winning saga by Frank Herbert. Frank Herbert's award-winningDunechronicles captured the imagination of millions of readers worldwide. By his death in 1986, Herbert had completed six novels in the series, but much of his vision remained unwritten. Now, working from his father's recently discovered files, Brian Herbert and bestselling novelist Kevin J. Anderson collaborate on a new novel, the prelude toDunewhere we step onto the planet Arrakis...decades before Dune's hero, Paul Muad'Dib Atreides, walks its sands. Here is the rich and complex world that Frank Herbert created, in the time leading up to the momentous events ofDune. As Emperor Elrood's son plots a subtle regicide, young Leto Atreides leaves for a year's education on the mechanized world of Ix; a planetologist named Pardot Kynes seeks the secrets of Arrakis; and the eight-year-old slave Duncan Idaho is hunted by his cruel masters in a terrifying game from which he vows escape and vengeance. But none can envision the fate in store for them: one that will make them renegadesand shapers of history.

Brian Herbert, the son of Frank Herbert, is the author of numerous acclaimed science fiction novels, including <b>Sidney's Comet</b>; <b>Sudanna, Sudanna</b>; <b>Prisoners of Arrion</b>; <b>Race for God</b>; and <b>Man of Two Worlds</b> (written with Frank Herbert). He has also written <b>Dreamer of Dune</b>, a comprehensive biography of his illustrious father.<br><br>Kevin J. Anderson has written twenty-five national bestsellers and has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Reader's Choice Award. He also holds the Guinness world record for "Largest Single-Author Book Signing."<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>