TY - BOOK AU - Herbert,Brian AU - Anderson,Kevin J. AU - Herbert,Frank TI - Dune SN - 0553110616 AV - PS3558.E617 D86 1999 PY - 1999/// CY - New York PB - Bantam Books KW - Dune (Imaginary place) KW - Fiction KW - Political alliances KW - Feuds KW - Rivalry KW - Revenge KW - Assassination plots KW - Planet KW - Desert planet KW - Mechanized planet KW - Science fiction KW - gsafd KW - ssi KW - Epic N1 - Based on the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert; Maps of the North and South Polar Regions on endpapers; Author is the son of the originator of the series, Frank Herbert; book is co-written by Kevin J. Anderson; Prequel trilogy to Frank Herbert's six-volume Dune series N2 - Frank Herbert's Dune chronicles became an enduring classic and the bestselling science fiction series of all time. Now, capturing all the complexity and grand themes of the original work, this prequel to Dune weaves a new tapestry of great passion and momentous destiny, in a saga that expands the tale written by Frank Herbert more than thirty years ago. Beginning nearly four decades before Dune, House Atreides introduces the pivotal characters, alliances, base treacheries, and bright hopes that form the foundation of Dune; Fans of the Dune chronicles will relish the opportunity to return to the rich and exotic universe created by Frank Herbert, while new readers will be introduced to an incomparable imagination -- and a future where the fate of the entire cosmos is at stake ER -