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Frank Herbert's Dune series is one of the grandest epics in the history of imaginative literature. Selling millions of copies worldwide, it is science fiction's answer to The Lord of the Rings, a brilliantly imaginative epic of high adventure, unforgettable characters, and immense scope. Decades after Herbert's original novels, the Dune saga was continued by Frank Herbert's son, Brian Herbert, an acclaimed SF novelist in his own right, in collaboration with Kevin J. Anderson. Their New York Times bestselling trilogy, Dune: House Atreides, Dune: House Harkonnen, and Dune: House Corrino, formed a prequel to the classic Herbert series that was acclaimed by reviewers and readers alike. Now Herbert and Anderson, working from Frank Herbert's own notes, reveal a pivotal epoch in the annals of the Dune universe, the chapter of the saga most eagerly anticipated by readers: The Butlerian Jihad.Throughout the Dune novels, Frank Herbert frequently described the long-ago war in which humans wrested their freedom from "thinking machines." Now, in Dune: Butlerian Jihad, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring to life the story of this war, a tale previously seen only in tantalizing hints and clues. Finally, we observe how Serena Butler's passionate grief ignites the war that will liberate humans using their machine masters. We learn the circumstances of the betrayal that made mortal enemies of House Atreides and House Harkonnen; and we go through the Battle of Corrin that created a galactic empire that lasted before reign of Emperor Shaddam IV.Herein are the foundations of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood, the Suk Doctors, the Order of Mentats, and the mysteriously altered Navigators of the Spacing Guild. This is actually the amazing tale of the Zensunni Wanderers, who escape bondage to flee to the desert world where they will declare themselves the Free Men of Dune. And here is the backward, practically forgotten planet of Arrakis, where traders have discovered the amazing properties of the spice melange . . . . Ten thousand years before the events of Dune, humans have were able to battle the remorseless Machines to a standstill . . . but victory may be short-lived. Yet amid shortsighted squabbling between nobles, new leaders have begun to emerge. Among them are Xavier Harkonnen, military leader of the earth of Salusa Secundus; Xavier's fiancée, Serena Butler, an activist who'll become the unwilling leader of millions; and Tio Holtzman, the scientist struggling to devise a weapon that will assist the human cause. From the brute efficiency of their adversaries, these leaders and the human race have only imagination, compassion, and the capability for love. It has to be adequate.
