Dune is one of the most famous science fiction novels ever written, and deservedly so. His struggle is at the center of a nexus of powerful people and events, and the repercussions will be felt throughout the Imperium. He might be the end product of a very long-term genetic experiment designed to breed a super human he might be a messiah. Paul Atreides, though, is far more than just a usurped duke. There he falls in with the Fremen, a tribe of desert dwellers who become the basis of the army with which he will reclaim what's rightfully his.
The Harkonnens don't want to give up their privilege, though, and through sabotage and treachery they cast young Duke Paul Atreides out into the planet's harsh environment to die. The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the Harkonnen Noble House to House Atreides. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence. This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Dune - Maud'Dib - Appendix I: Ecology of Dune - Appendix II: Religion of Dune - Appendix III: Report on Bene Gessereit motives and pruposes - Appendix IV:Almanak en-Ashraf (selected excerpts of the Noble Houses) - Terminilogy of the Imperium - Map
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