Dune: House Harkonnen

Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson return to the vivid universe of Frank Herbert's Dune, bringing a vast array of rich and complex characters into conflict to shape the destiny of worlds.... As Shaddam sits at last on the Golden Lion Throne, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen plots against the new Emperor and House Atreides and against the mysterious Sisterhood of the Bene Gesserit. For Leto Atreides, grown complacent and comfortable as ruler of his House, it is a time of momentous choice: between friendship and duty, safety and destiny. But for the survival of House Atreides, there is just one choice strive for greatness or be crushed. From the Paperback edition.

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 Arionn</b>; <b>The Race for God</b> (a Nebula Award nominee); 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-six national bestsellers and has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Bram Stroker Award, and the SFX Reader’s Choice Award. He also set the Guinness world record for “Largest Single-Author Book Signing.”