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Before The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender’s Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune—winner of the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, and widely considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written.

Melange, or ‘spice’, is the most valuable—and rarest—element in the universe; a drug that does everything from increasing a person’s life-span to making interstellar travel possible. And it can only be found on a single planet: the inhospitable desert world of Arrakis.

Whoever controls Arrakis controls the spice. And whoever controls the spice controls the universe.

When the Emperor transfers stewardship of Arrakis from the noble House Harkonnen to House Atreides, the Harkonnens fight back, murdering Duke Leto Atreides. Paul, his son, and Lady Jessica, his concubine, flee into the desert. On the brink of death, they are rescued by a band of Fremen, the native people of Arrakis, who control the planet’s second great resource: the giant worms that burrow beneath the burning desert sands.

To avenge his father and retake Arrakis from the Harkonnens, Paul must earn the trust of the Fremen and lead a tiny army against the innumerable forces aligned against them. His journey will change the universe.

• Language: English
• Author: Frank Herbert
• Series: Dune #1
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 608
• ISBN: 9780340960196
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