Frank Herbert

Environmented on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the child Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family responsible for governing an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the mixture of "spices," a drug capable of prolonging life and improving consciousness.

The story of Paul Atreides, better known and feared as the man baptized Muad'Dib, continues. As Emperor of the known universe, he has more power than one man ever intended to exercise. Adored as a religious icon by the Fremen fans, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne and a conspiracy carried out within his own sphere of influence.

The Sons of Dune are the twin brothers Leto and Ghamma Atreides, whose father, Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, disappeared in the dead lands of the Arrakis desert nine years ago. Like their father, twins have supernatural skills, which makes them valuable for their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of the Atreides House.

There have been millennia in Arrakis, and the planet once desert is green alive. Leto Atreides, the son of the savior of the world, Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, is still alive but far from human being. To preserve the future of humanity, he sacrificed his own by merging with a sand worm, giving him almost immortality as the Emperor God of Dune for the last three thousand five hundred years.

Leto Atreides, the Emperor God of Dune, is dead. In the thousand five hundred years since his death, the Empire has fallen into ruin. The great Dispersion saw millions abandon the ruined civilization and extend beyond the confines of known space. Planet Arrakis, now called Rakis, has returned to its desert climate and its great sand worms are dying.

The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. The remains of the Old Empire have been consumed by the violent matriarchal cult known as the Honored Matres. Only a faction remains a viable threat to its total conquest: the Bene Gesserit, heirs of Dune's power.