Name: Dune: House Corrino
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Author: Kevin J. Anderson
ISBN: 9780593354940

Type

Physical Book

Author

Brian Herbert

Kevin J. Anderson

Publisher

Del Rey Books

Language

English

Pages

688

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.6 x 13.7 x 4.1 cm

Weight

0.50 kg.

ISBN13

9780593354940

Synopsis "Dune: House Corrino"

Book Three of the Epic Prequel to the Classic Novel Dune--A Major Motion Picture The grand finale of the complex epic trilogy of the generation before Frank Herbert's masterwork Dune Sequel to the international bestsellers Dune: House Atreides and Dune: House Harkonnen Shaddam Corrino IV, Emperor of the Known Universe, has risked everything to create a substitute for the spice melange . . . The substance that makes space travel possible . . . That prolongs life . . . That allows prescience . . . A substance that is found only on the desert planet Arrakis, a harsh world of storms and monstrous sandworms. Shaddam has used the noble houses as chess pieces for his scheme, causing the overthrow of powerful families, raising other houses to power. The Bene Gesserit Sisterhood works their own plans, manipulating bloodlines, trying to create their long-awaited messiah, the Kwisatz Haderach. Duke Leto Atreides battles his mortal enemy, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, while his love for the beautiful and wise Jessica grows even in the face of bloodshed and betrayal. But are they all just pawns of an inevitable future centered around the planet Dune? Look for the entire prequel seriesDUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES - DUNE: HOUSE HARKONNEN - DUNE: HOUSE CORRINO

Kevin J. Anderson

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Kevin J. Anderson has published more than thirty novels that have made the bestseller lists and has been awarded the Nebula, Bram Stoker, and SFX Reader's Choice awards.

In recent years, from the countless notes left by Frank Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert have successfully reconstructed and expanded unknown chapters of the mythical universe of Dune in two trilogies: the "Prelude to the Saga" and "Legends of Dune".

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