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Kevin J. Anderson and Brian HerbertBetween the end of Frank Herbert's DUNE and his next novel, DUNE MESSIAH, lies an intriguing mystery: how a hero adored by a planet became a tyrant hated by a universe. Paul Atreides is the man who overthrew a corrupt empire and then launched a terrible jihad across the galaxy, shedding the blood of trillions. The now-hated tyrant, the blind emperor Paul Muad'Dib, has walked off into the endless desert of the planet Arrakis, known as Dune, leaving his turbulent empire without guidance. It's up to his mother Jessica, with her daughter Alia, the brave troubadour-warrior Gurney Halleck, the resurrected Duncan Idaho, the Fremen leader Stilgar, as well as Paul's wife-in-name and biographer, Princess Irulan, to try and hold an empire together even as it tears itself apart from within and without.

Il prequel ufficiale di DUNE si conclude Dopo la morte prematura di suo padre, Leto Atreides ascende al ruolo di Duca della Casa degli Atreides, mentre Duncan Idaho inizia il suo cammino per diventare il suo braccio destro. Nel frattempo, il Barone Harkonnen non perde tempo per fare la sua mossa contro il nuovo Duca, attizzando la faida che da secoli divide gli Harkonnen e gli Atreides. Una nuova alba sorge quando il Principe della Corona Shaddam riesce finalmente a scal-zare suo padre dal trono dellImpero. E Pardot Kynes, ora considerato un profeta tra i Fremen, continua nel suo cammino per trasformare il pianeta desertico di Arrakis in unoasi. Lepilogo del primo adattamento a fumetti del libro campione di vendite Dune: House Atreides, scritto da Brian Herbert e Kevin J. Anderson, autori del romanzo realizzato a partire dalle note del creatore di Dune, Frank Herbert, e illustrato da Dev Pramanik (Paradiso). [Contiene Dune: House Atreides 9-12]

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

La bataille de Corrin a mis fin au règne des Machines pensantes et le mouvement butlérien a entrepris de détruire toute forme de technologie dangereuse. L'humanité doit donc s'adapter et acquérir les

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 Dunewhere 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 renegadesand 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

Uno sguardo inedito al conflitto crescente tra personaggi amati e i loro rabbiosi avversari! I primi anni in cui il futuro di figure iconiche come Gurney Halleck, Lady Jessica e Liet Kynes viene plasmato dalle complesse e brutali macchinazioni della Casa degli Harkonnen! Quali difficili scelte dovra prendere Leto mentre il Barone Harkonnen trama non solo contro la Casa degli Atreides, ma anche contro le Bene Gesserit e lImperatore in persona? E chi osserva da lontano il Duca Atreides? Questo minaccioso personaggio ha unimportanza indicibile per il suo fato e la sua discendenza Il secondo prequel ufficiale, best seller del New York Times, Dune: House Harkonnen, adattato per la prima volta a fumetti da Brian Herbert e Kevin J. Anderson per i disegni di Michael Shelfer (Domino). [Contiene Dune: House Harkonnen 1-4.]

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.

Da Arrakis a Wallach IX, alcuni dei momenti che hanno plasmato i personaggi delluniverso di Dune vengono rivelati dalle spietate macchinazioni della Casa degli Harkonnen. Tra i pianeti sta scoppiando il caos, con missioni di salvataggio e scelte impossibili e con le trame delle Bene Gesserit che infine danno i loro risultati. La brutalita regna sovrana ad Arrakis, e Liet Kyner e Warrick Dunn devono scontrarsi in nome dellamore, mentre Leto Atreides ha un incontro fatale e Duncan Idaho fa un passo essenziale verso il suo destino. La tensione e alle stelle in questi adattamenti dai prequel del romanzo Dune dagli scrittori Brian Herbert e Kevin J. Anderson e con i disegni di Fran Galan (Creepshow), nei quali scelte letali e conflitti insanabili danno forma al futuro del mondo di Dune. [Contiene Dune: House Harkonnen 5-8]

LA VENDETTA DI CASA ATREIDES! Dopo gli eventi della battaglia di Arrakeen, il leggendario signore della guerra Gurney Halleck si e rifugiato presso dei contrabbandieri di spezia, e ha giurato che otterra la sua vendetta contro gli Harkonnen, a qualsiasi costo e con ogni mezzo. La Casa degli Atreides potra essere a pezzi, ma non verra mai distrutta. Per compiere la sua vendetta Gurney Halleck deve mettersi in rotta di collisione non solo con la Casa degli Harkonnen, ma anche con la Gilda Spaziale! Presto, a Gurney e ai contrabbandieri potrebbe presentarsi lopportunita di sferrare un colpo letale ai loro nemici, ma a quale costo? Avranno finalmente la loro rivincita contro la Bestia Rabban o andranno incontro a morte certa, sacrificando la loro vita per nulla? Ladattamento di un racconto breve da parte degli autori originali, Brian Herbert e Kevin J. Anderson, per i disegni di Francesco Mortarino (Power Rangers), imperdibile per gli appassionati dei romanzi e dei film di Dune. [Contiene Dune: The Waters of Kanly 1-4.]

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.

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 Letos 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 doesnt know is that the child Jessica is carrying is not the girl they are expecting, but a boy. Jessicas 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.

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