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Prosigue el envolvente entramado de leyendas fundacionales y de gestas míticas que darán origen al imperio galáctico de Dune, creado por Frank Herbert y felizmente continuado por su hijo Brian en colaboracion con el prolifico escritor Kevin J. Anderson . La ultima entrega profundiza en la genesis del Imperio Nuevo. En su centro se encuentra la Yihad Butleriana, nombre con que se dio a conocer la rebelion que en el pasado condujo a que los humanos se liberasen del yugo de las maquinas racionales. En el planeta Salusa Secundus, Xavier Harkonnen rechaza el ataque de los Titanes con la ayuda de la bella e inteligente Serena Butler, verdadera artifice de la sublevacion contra las maquinas. Sin embargo, tal proeza dara lugar a la batalla de Corrino, y al nacimiento de la enemistad entre las casas de Atreides y Harkonnen... Ver Especial Dune

Prosigue la espectacular saga fundacional del planeta Arrakis, en la que Brian Herbert reconstruye la historia que da origen a todo el entramado de luchas, sucesiones dinásticas e intrigas en pos del control de la melange, una especie adictiva que permite viajar a traves del espacio. El autor conto con la colaboracion del novelista K. J. Anderson para recopilar los apuntes de su padre para profundizar en el universo de Dune. Todo un acontecimiento para los amantes de este genero. Ver Especial Dune

Centuries in the future, humanity has spread across space and all-powerful machines rule the humans who were once their masters. But disaster looms as the world-controlling computers tire of the human beings' endless disobedience and decide to dispense with them.

Returning to the vivid universe of Frank Herbert's "Dune", this title continues the saga begun in "Dune: House Atreides". 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, it is a time of momentous choice.

Fearful of losing his precarious hold on the Golden Lion Throne, Shaddam IV, Emperor of a Million Worlds, has devised a radical scheme to develop an alternative to melange, the addictive spice that binds the Imperium together and that can be found only on the desert world of Dune. In subterranean labs on the machine planet Ix, cruel Tleilaxu overlords use slaves and prisoners as part of a horrific plan to manufacture a synthetic form of melange known as amal. If amal can supplant the spice from Dune, it will give Shaddam what he seeks: absolute power. But Duke Leto Atreides, grief-stricken yet unbowed by the tragic death of his son Victor, determined to restore the honor and prestige of his House, has his own plans for Ix. He will free the Ixians from their oppressive conquerors and restore his friend Prince Rhombur, injured scion of the disgraced House Vernius, to his rightful place as Ixian ruler. It is a bold and risky venture, for House Atreides has limited military resources and many ruthless enemies, including the sadistic Baron Harkonnen, despotic master of Dune. Meanwhile, Duke Leto's consort, the beautiful Lady Jessica, obeying the orders of her superiors in the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood, has conceived a child that the Sisterhood intends to be the penultimate step in the creation of an all-powerful being. Yet what the Sisterhood doesn't know is that the child Jessica is carrying is not the girl they are expecting, but a boy. Jessica's act of disobedience is an act of love — her attempt to provide her Duke with a male heir to House Atreides — but an act that, when discovered, could kill both mother and baby. Like the Bene Gesserit, Shaddam Corrino is also concerned with making a plan for the future — securing his legacy. Blinded by his need for power, the Emperor will launch a plot against Dune, the only natural source of true spice. If he succeeds, his madness will result in a cataclysmic tragedy not even he foresees: the end of space travel, the Imperium, and civilization itself. With Duke Leto and other renegades and revolutionaries fighting to stem the tide of darkness that threatens to engulf their universe, the stage is set for a showdown unlike any seen before.

Por fin llega a las manos de los miles de seguidores de Dune la introducción a la saga que fue escrita por el autor hace más de treinta años y que ha sido una de las más famosas y vendidas en todo el mundo. Con una barroca y sabia combinacion de filosofia, religion, politica, historia y ecologia, el presente volumen permite descubrir detalles de la genealogia de los principales personajes de la serie, centrandose la trama en la casa Atreides y en el desertico planeta Dune, que contiene la melange, la especie indispensable para los viajes espaciales y el desarrollo de los poderes psicosensoriales. En Dune gobiernan los crueles Harkonnen, pero en el palacio imperial de Kaitain el principe heredero Shaddam y su perfido consejero Fenring planean obtener melange sintetico y envenenar al emperador Elrood. Una emocionante novela de aventuras que nos transporta al exotico universo creado por Frank Herbert , ya conocido por sus seguidores, y que introducira a los nuevos lectores en un incomparable mundo cuyo futuro pende de un delgado hilo. Ver Especial Dune

This prequel to Dune reveals more of the origins of the blood feud between House Atreides and House Harkonnen. The book draws from notes, outlines and correspondence Frank Herbert left behind at his death, as well as on conversations that Brian Herbert held with his father.

Frank Herbert's award-winning Dune chronicles captured the imagination of millions of readers worldwide. By his death in 1986, Herbert had completed six novels in the series, but much of his vision remained unwritten. Now, working from his father's recently discovered files, Brian Herbert and bestselling novelist Kevin J. Anderson collaborate on a new novel, the prelude to Dune—where we step onto the planet Arrakis...decades before Dune's hero, Paul Muad'Dib Atreides, walks its sands. Here is the rich and complex world that Frank Herbert created, in the time leading up to the momentous events of Dune. As Emperor Elrood's son plots a subtle regicide, young Leto Atreides leaves for a year's education on the mechanized world of Ix; a planetologist named Pardot Kynes seeks the secrets of Arrakis; and the eight-year-old slave Duncan Idaho is hunted by his cruel masters in a terrifying game from which he vows escape and vengeance. But none can envision the fate in store for them: one that will make them renegades—and shapers of history.

Esta novela continúa la excepcional saga iniciada con Dune, la Casa Atreides , en la que una amplia y variada galería de personajes se esfuerza por dar forma a un vasto mundo de misterio y locura, promesas y prodigios: el fascinante universo recreado en la inolvidable serie Dune de Frank Herbert . Shaddam ostenta una precaria posicion como gobernador del Universo Conocido, la cual depende de que engendre un heredero varon. Su liderazgo es ademas amenazado por el ambicioso baron Harkonnen, cuya insaciable ambicion de dominio le lleva a conspirar contra algunas de las mas poderosas fuerzas del Imperio, con la esperanza de elevar su Casa a un nivel de poder sin precendentes. Sus objetivos principales son la Casa Atreides y la misteriosa hermandad Bene Gesserit. La Hermandad no sospecha esta amenaza, ocupada en culminar el trabajo de siglos y crear un niño-dios que barrera emperadores, Casas y la propia historia en un terrorifico nuevo orden de tirania religiosa. Ver Especial Dune

This story follows the fortunes of the heroes of Dune who take their places in the intrigues - the wars and treacheries that will lead to the inevitable fall of a dynasty, in this science fiction thr

The third and final volume of thegraphic novel adaptation of Dune the groundbreaking science fiction classic by Frank Herbert

Hunters of Dune and the concluding volume, Sandworms of Dune, bring together the great story lines and beloved characters in Frank Herbert's classic Dune universe, ranging from the time of the Butlerian Jihad to the original Dune series and beyond. Based directly on Frank Herbert's final outline, which lay hidden in a safe-deposit box for a decade, these two volumes will finally answer the urgent questions Dune fans have been debating for two decades. At the end of Chapterhouse: Dune--Frank Herbert's final novel--a ship carrying the ghola of Duncan Idaho, Sheeana (a young woman who can control sandworms), and a crew of various refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from the monstrous Honored Matres, dark counterparts to the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood. The nearly invincible Honored Matres have swarmed into the known universe, driven from their home by a terrifying, mysterious Enemy. As designed by the creative genius of Frank Herbert, the primary story of Hunters and Sandworms is the exotic odyssey of Duncan's no-ship as it is forced to elude the diabolical traps set by the ferocious, unknown Enemy. To strengthen their forces, the fugitives have used genetic technology from Scytale, the last Tleilaxu Master, to revive key figures from Dune's past—including Paul Muad'Dib and his beloved Chani, Lady Jessica, Stilgar, Thufir Hawat, and even Dr. Wellington Yueh. Each of these characters will use their special talents to meet the challenges thrown at them. Failure is unthinkable--not only is their survival at stake, but they hold the fate of the entire human race in their hands.