Dune Messiah: Deluxe Hardcover Edition

Informationen zum Autor Frank Herbert was 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 jobsincluding TV cameraman, radio commentator, oyster diver, jungle survival instructor, lay analyst, creative writing teacher, reporter and editor of several West Coast newspapersbefore 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 was also the author of some twenty other books, including The White Plague , The Dosadi Experiment , and Destination: Void . He died in 1986. Klappentext A deluxe hardcover edition of Dune Messiah , the second novel in Frank Herbert's magnificent science fiction saga. This deluxe hardcover edition of Dune Messiah includes: • An iconic new cover • A stamped and foiled case featuring a quote from the Litany Against Fear • Stained edges and fully illustrated endpapers • A beautifully designed poster on the interior of the jacket • An Introduction by Brian Herbert Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better knowand fearedas the the man called Muad'Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, Paul possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throneand a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence. And even as House Atreides begins to crumble around him from the machinations of his enemies, the true threat to Paul comes to his lover, Chani, and the unborn heir to his family's dynasty.... COMING SOON • DUNE: PART THREE • THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Directed by Denis Villeneuve, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Brian K. Vaughan, based on the novels written by Frank Herbert • Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Isaach De Bankolé, with Charlotte Rampling, with Anya Taylor-Joy, and Robert Pattinson, and Javier Bardem Leseprobe Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Introduction EPILOGUE Books by Frank Herbert THE BOOK OF FRANK HERBERT DESTINATION VOID (revised edition) DIRECT DESCENT THE DOSADI EXPERIMENT EYE THE EYES OF HEISENBERG THE GODMAKERS THE GREEN BRAIN THE MAKER OF DUNE THE SANTAROGA BARRIER SOUL CATCHER WHIPPING STAR THE WHITE PLAGUE THE WORLDS OF FRANK HERBERT MAN OF TWO WORLDS (with Brian Herbert) The Dune Chronicles DUNE DUNE MESSIAH CHILDREN OF DUNE GOD EMPEROR OF DUNE HERETICS OF DUNE CHAPTERHOUSE: DUNE Books by Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom THE JESUS INCIDENT THE LAZARUS EFFECT THE ASCENSION FACTOR Books edited by Brian Herbert THE NOTEBOOKS OF FRANK HERBERT'S DUNE SONGS OF MUAD'DIB THE BERKLEY PUBLISHING GROUP Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd., 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Grou...

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Frank Herbert was 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 was 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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**A deluxe hardcover edition of Dune Messiah, the second novel in Frank Herbert’s magnificent science fiction saga.

This deluxe hardcover edition of Dune Messiah includes:
• An iconic new cover
• A stamped and foiled case featuring a quote from the Litany Against Fear
• Stained edges and fully illustrated endpapers
• A beautifully designed poster on the interior of the jacket
• An Introduction by Brian Herbert*

Dune Messiah* continues the story of Paul Atreides, better know—and feared—as the the man called Muad’Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, Paul possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne—and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence.

And even as House Atreides begins to crumble around him from the machinations of his enemies, the true threat to Paul comes to his lover, Chani, and the unborn heir to his family’s dynasty....

**COMING SOON • DUNE: PART THREE • THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
**Directed by Denis Villeneuve, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Brian K. Vaughan, based on the novels written by Frank Herbert • Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Isaach De Bankolé, with Charlotte Rampling, with Anya Taylor-Joy, and Robert Pattinson, and Javier Bardem

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Introduction

EPILOGUE

Books by Frank Herbert

THE BOOK OF FRANK HERBERT
DESTINATION VOID (revised edition)
DIRECT DESCENT
THE DOSADI EXPERIMENT
EYE

THE EYES OF HEISENBERG
THE GODMAKERS
THE GREEN BRAIN
THE MAKER OF DUNE
THE SANTAROGA BARRIER
SOUL CATCHER
WHIPPING STAR
THE WHITE PLAGUE
THE WORLDS OF FRANK HERBERT
MAN OF TWO WORLDS
(with Brian Herbert)

The Dune Chronicles
DUNE
DUNE MESSIAH
CHILDREN OF DUNE
GOD EMPEROR OF DUNE
HERETICS OF DUNE
CHAPTERHOUSE: DUNE

Books by Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom
THE JESUS INCIDENT
THE LAZARUS EFFECT
THE ASCENSION FACTOR

Books edited by Brian Herbert
THE NOTEBOOKS OF FRANK HERBERT’S DUNE
SONGS OF MUAD’DIB

THE BERKLEY PUBLISHING GROUP
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