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1) Dune
Author
Series
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
"Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for... When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul's family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater...
Author
Series
Caladan trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In Dune: The Heir of Caladan, the climactic novel in the Caladan trilogy, we step into the shoes of Paul Atreides. A not yet a man in years, he is about to enter a world he could never have imagined. The story that began with Duke Leto Atreides's rise to power, then continued with the consequences of Lady Jessica's betrayal, will now conclude with Paul becoming the leader that he needs to be on the way to his pivotal role as Muad'Dib. Any Dune fan...
Author
Series
Caladan Trilogy volume 1
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Leto Atreides, Duke of Caladan and father of the Muad'Dib. While all know of his fall and the rise of his son, little is known about the quiet ruler of Caladan and his partner Jessica. Or how a Duke of an inconsequential planet earned an emperor's favor, the ire of House Harkonnen, and set himself on a collision course with his own death. This is the story.
Author
Series
Dune chronicles volume 3
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, disappeared into the desert wastelands of Arrakis nine years ago. Like their father, the twins possess supernormal abilities -- making them valuable to their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of the House Atreides. Facing treason and rebellion on two fronts, Alia's rule is not absolute. The displaced house Corrino is plotting...
Author
Series
Schools of Dune trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Language
English
Description
"Navigators, mutated by spice into beings far superior to normal humans, make space travel possible across the burgeoning Imperium. Their prescient awareness allows them to foresee safe paths through the universe as starship engines 'fold' space. Only industrial magnate Josef Venport knows the secret of creating Navigators, and he intends to build a commercial empire to span the galaxy. But at every turn Josef is embattled by the forces of antitechnology...
7) Dune
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (155 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Paul Atreides, a brilliant, gifted young man born into a destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
604 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frank Herbert's Dune chronicles became an enduring classic and one of the most popular science fiction series of all time. Working from notes left by his father, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson deliver a trilogy that is the prequel to Dune, the story of young Leto Atreides, unexpectedly forced to become the Duke of Caladan, as well as his epic romance with the lovely Lady Jessica, his original battles with the evil Baron Harkonnen, along with...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
403 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Lady Jessica, mother of Paul, and consort to Leto Atreides. The choices she made shaped an empire, but first the Lady of Caladan must reckon with her own betrayal of the Bene Gesserit. She has already betrayed her ancient order, but now she must decide if her loyalty to the Sisterhood is more important than the love of her own family. Meanwhile, events in the greater empire are accelerating beyond the control of even the Reverend Mother, and Lady...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"It has been fifty-six hard years since the events of The Machine Crusade. Following the death of Serena Butler, the Synchronized Worlds and Unallied Planets are liberated one by one, and at long last, the human worlds begin to hope that the end of the centuries-long conflict is finally in sight. Unfortunately, Omnius has one last, deadly card to play. Virulent plagues are let loose throughout the galaxy, decimating the populations of whole planets...and...
11) Dune messiah
Author
Series
The Dune chronicles volume 2
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known -- and feared -- as the man christened Muad'Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne -- and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence. And even as House Atreides begins...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
494 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The finale to the Prelude to Dune trilogy!Fearful of losing his precarious hold on the Golden Lion Throne, Shaddam IV, Emperor of a Million Worlds, has devised a radical scheme to create a synthetic alternative to melange, the addictive spice that binds the Imperium together, a substance that can be found only on the desert world of Dune.In subterranean labs on the machine planet Ix, Tleilaxu overlords use slaves and prisoners as part of a horrific...
Author
Series
Dune chronicles volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's powers, have colonized a green world and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile.
15) Dune: Part two
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (166 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"...[T]he mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee" --Container.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
496 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Decades after the Battle of Corrin destroys the thinking machines and establishes Faykan Butler as the first Imperium Emperor, war hero Vor turns his back on political descendants who blame him for their downfall while Gilbertus Albans hides an unbelievable secret and the Butlerian movement sweeps through the known universe intent on destroying technology.
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
viii, 603 pages : 1 illustration, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson return to the vivid universe of Frank Herbert's Dune, bringing a vast array of rich and complex characters into conflict to shape the destiny of worlds. . . .As Shaddam IV sits at last on the Golden Lion Throne after the secret assassination of his father, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen plots against the new Emperor and House Atreides-and against the mysterious Bene Gesserit Sisterhood.For Leto Atreides, the new Duke...
18) Mentats of Dune
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
445 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The sequel to Sisterhood of Dune...The thinking machines have been defeated but the struggle for humanity's future continues. Gilbertus Albans has founded the Mentat School, a place where humans can learn the efficient techniques of thinking machines. But Gilbertus walks an uneasy line between his own convictions and compromises in order to survive the Butlerian fanatics, led by the madman Manford Torondo and his Swordmaster Anari Idaho. Mother Superior...
19) Princess of Dune
Author
Series
Heroes of Dune volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Set two years before Dune: Princess of Dune is the never-before-told story of two key women in the life of Paul Muad'Dib--Princess Irulan, his wife in name only, and Paul's true love, the Fremen Chani. Both women become central to Paul's galaxy-spanning Imperial reign. Raised in the Imperial court and born to be a political bargaining chip, Irulan was sent at an early age to be trained as a Bene Gesserit Sister. As Princess Royal, she also learned...
20) Heretics of Dune
Author
Series
Dune chronicles volume 5
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Ace premium edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 669 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Leto Atreides, the God Emperor of Dune, is dead. In the fifteen hundred years since his passing, the Empire has fallen into ruin. The great Scattering saw millions abandon the crumbling civilization and spread out beyond the reaches of known space. The planet Arrakis--now called Rakis--has reverted to its desert climate, and its great sandworms are dying. Now, the Lost Ones are returning home in pursuit of power. And as factions vie for control over...