| Record Number |
862738 |
| ISBN |
9780593354964 (paperback) |
| 0593354966 (paperback) |
| Author |
Herbert, Brian author. |
| Title |
Dune : House Atreides / Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. |
| Edition |
Del Rey trade paperback edition. |
| Publisher/Date |
New York : Del Rey, 2020. |
| ©1999 |
| Pagination etc. |
xii, 709 pages ; maps, genealogical table ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
[Prelude to Dune] 1 |
| Contents note |
Series name taken from publisher's website. |
| "The epic prequel to the classic novel book one"--Cover. |
| "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Bantam, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 1999"--Title page verso. |
| Summary Note |
Before Paul Atreides became Muad'Dib, the dynamic leader who unified the wild Fremen on the desert planet known as Dune...Before the evil Baron Harkonnen overthrew House Atreides and sent Paul and his mother, Jessica, fleeing into the deadly wasteland of sand...Before the secrets of the spice and the sandworms were discovered...There was another story...The tale of young Leto Atreides learning to become a ruler in the shadow of his great father. The tale of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, ruthless tyrant who becomes a pawn of Bene Gesserit breeding schemes. The tale of Pardot Kynes, ambitious planetologist dispatched to the sands of Arrakis to understand the origins of the spice melange, the most valuable substance in the known universe. And the tale of Crown Prince Shaddam Corrino, whose lust for power leads him to plot the assassination of his own father and to create a plan that will replace the spice and disrupt the Imperium forever... |
| Subject |
Dune (Imaginary place) -- Fiction |
| Life on other planets -- Fiction |
| Power (Social sciences) -- Fiction |
| Psychic ability -- Fiction |
| Kings and rulers -- Fiction |
| Treason -- Fiction |
| Science fiction. |
| Space operas (Fiction) |
| Added Author |
Anderson, Kevin J., 1962- author. |
| Herbert, Frank Dune. |
| Shelf Location |
F HERB |
