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Children of Dune Mass market paperbound - 1987

by Frank Herbert


Summary

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...

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Book Three in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time

The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, disappeared in 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 House Atreides. Facing treason and rebellion on two fronts, Alia's rule is not absolute. The displaced House Corrino is plotting to regain the throne while the fanatical Fremen are being provoked into open revolt by the enigmatic figure known only as The Preacher. Alia believes that by obtaining the secrets of the twins' prophetic visions, she can maintain control over her dynasty. But Leto and Ghanima have their own plans for their visions--and their destinies....

First line

A SPOT of light appeared on the deep red rug which covered the raw rock of the cave floor.

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  • Title Children of Dune
  • Author Frank Herbert
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 408
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ace Books, New York
  • Date May 15, 1987
  • ISBN 9780441104024 / 0441104029
  • Weight 0.44 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.93 x 4.23 x 1.13 in (17.60 x 10.74 x 2.87 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 820
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Dune (Imaginary place)
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Frank Herbert is the bestselling author of the Dune saga. He was born in Tacoma, Washington, and educated at the University of Washington, Seattle. He worked a wide variety of jobs--including TV cameraman, radio commentator, oyster diver, jungle survival instructor, lay analyst, creative writing teacher, reporter and editor of several West Coast newspapers--before becoming a full-time writer. In 1952, Herbert began publishing science fiction with "Looking for Something?" in Startling Stories. But his emergence as a writer of major stature did not occur until 1965, with the publication of Dune. Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, and Chapterhouse: Dune followed, completing the saga that the Chicago Tribune would call "one of the monuments of modern science fiction." Herbert is also the author of some twenty other books, including The White Plague, The Dosadi Experiment, and Destination: Void. He died in 1986.
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