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Dune Chronicles
The most important science fiction novel ever written — Frank Herbert's Dune saga
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Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Seiun Award, voted All-Time Best Science Fiction Novel
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Frank Herbert's Dune Chronicles is the best-selling science fiction series of all time. Set thousands of years in the future, it centers on the desert planet Arrakis — the only source of the spice melange, the most valuable substance in the universe. The saga spans millennia and explores themes of ecology, religion, politics, and human potential.
- Dune (1965): Paul Atreides arrives on Arrakis; becomes Muad'Dib; leads the Fremen in holy jihad against the Harkonnens.
- Dune Messiah (1969): Paul, now Emperor, grapples with his prescient visions and the consequences of his jihad.
- Children of Dune (1976): Paul's twin children Leto and Ghanima navigate Arrakis amid political intrigue and the path of the Golden Road.
- God Emperor of Dune (1981): Leto II, now a human-sandworm hybrid, rules for 3,500 years as the God Emperor to preserve humanity.
- Heretics of Dune (1984): 1,500 years after Leto II; the Bene Gesserit and Tleilaxu clash over power on a transformed Arrakis.
- Chapterhouse: Dune (1985): The Bene Gesserit turn their home planet into a new Arrakis; remnants of humanity scatter across the universe.
