F Herbert

With more than ten million copies sold, Frank Herbert`s magnificent Dune books stand among the major achievements of the human imagination. In this, the fifth and most spectacular Dune book of all, the planet Arrakis--now called Rakis--is becoming desert again. The Lost Ones are returning home from the far reaches of space. The great sandworms are dying. And the children of Dune`s children awaken from empire as from a dream, wielding the new power of a heresy called love...

Издательство: Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

Centuries have passed on Dune, and the planet is green with life. Leto, the son of Dune`s savior, is still alive but far from human, and the fate of all humanity hangs on his awesome sacrifice...

Издательство: Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad`Dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family -- and would bring to fruition humankind`s most ancient and unattainable dream. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.

Издательство: Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

(2nd in Dune Chronicles) The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! This second installment explores new developments on the desert planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and its strange threatening environment. DUNE MESSIAH picks up the story of the man known as Maud`dib, heir to a power unimaginable, bringing to fruition an ambition of unparalleled scale: the centuries-old scheme to create a superbeing who reigns not in the heavens but among men. But the question is: Do all paths of glory lead to the grave? "Brilliant . . . It is all that DUNE was, and maybe a little more." (Galaxy Magazine) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Издательство: Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

The desert planet of Arrakis has begun to grow green and lush. The life-giving spice is abundant. The nine-year-old royal twins, possesing their father`s supernatural powers, are being groomed as Messiahs. But there are those who think the Imperium does not need messiahs...

Издательство: Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now, the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune`s power, have colonized a green world--and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. Here is the last book Frank Herbert wrote before his death. A stunning climax to the epic Dune legend that will live on forever...

Издательство: Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004