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The children of a god-emperor — and the empire’s greatest danger. The saga of Arrakis continues — darker, stranger, and more daring. Children of Dune, the third volume of Frank Herbert’s landmark series, picks up nine years after Dune Messiah, as the desert planet itself is changing and the Atreides empire teeters on the edge.
At its heart are Paul Atreides’ twin children, Leto II and Ghanima: born with their father’s prescience and the memories of their ancestors, they are both the hope of the empire and its greatest threat. While their aunt Alia, ruling as regent, falls under the possession of the dead Baron Harkonnen, the twins must outwit assassins, scheming houses, and the Bene Gesserit’s breeding plots. And Leto has glimpsed a terrible future — the Golden Path — that could save humanity only at an unthinkable personal cost.
Sweeping, philosophical, and full of intrigue, Children of Dune deepens everything that made its predecessors classics. Read it third, after Dune and Dune Messiah — essential for Dune fans and lovers of epic science fiction with real ideas at its core.
The saga of Arrakis continues — darker, stranger, and more daring than ever. Children of Dune, the third volume of Frank Herbert’s landmark science fiction series, picks up nine years after Dune Messiah, as the desert planet itself is changing and the Atreides empire teeters on the edge.
At the story’s heart are Paul Atreides’ twin children, Leto II and Ghanima: born with their father’s prescience and the memories of all their ancestors, they are both the hope of the empire and its greatest threat. While their aunt Alia, ruling as regent, slowly falls under the possession of the dead Baron Harkonnen, the twins must outwit assassins, scheming noble houses, and the Bene Gesserit’s breeding plots. And Leto has glimpsed a terrible future — the Golden Path — that could save humanity only at an unthinkable personal cost.
Sweeping, philosophical, and full of political intrigue, Children of Dune deepens everything that made its predecessors classics. Essential reading for Dune fans and anyone who loves epic science fiction with real ideas at its core.
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