Deze serie breidt de legendarische wereld van Dune uit en dompelt lezers onder in epische verhalen vol politieke intriges, machtsstrijd en zandwormen. Volg de lotgevallen van belangrijke personages wier beslissingen de toekomst van de melkweg bepalen. Voor fans van Frank Herbert en nieuwe lezers biedt het avonturen die de moed en strategische denkwijze van helden testen in een onherbergzame maar fascinerende omgeving. Het is een reis vol verraad, mystiek en de strijd om te overleven.
As all good Frank Herbert fans know, a gap of several years occurs between the events of Dune and its sequel Dune Messiah. Now Frank Herbert's son Brian and famed sci-fi writer Kevin J. Anderson have ably bridged that chasm with Paul of Dune, a novel that sustains the mythos and majesty of the original series. This epic installment describes Paul's triumph over the galaxy and struggles, military and psychological crises that accompany it. A worthy addition to one of fantasy's great cycles.
'The Winds of Dune' takes place after 'Dune Messiah': Paul, believed dead, has marched blind into the desert. His mother Jessica and Gurney are on Caladan, while his sister Alia and Duncan attempt to govern the Empire. Princess Irulan is captive, and Paul’s former friend Bronso of Ix leads the opposition against House Atreides.
Princess of Dune is the never-before-told story of two key women in the life of Paul Muad’Dib—Princess Irulan, his wife in name only, and Paul’s true love, the Fremen Chani. Both women become central to Paul’s galaxy-spanning Imperial reign. Raised in the Imperial court and born to be a political bargaining chip, Irulan was sent at an early age to be trained as a Bene Gesserit Sister. As Princess Royal, she also learned important lessons from her father—the Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV. Now of marriageable age, Princess Irulan sees the machinations of the many factions vying for power—the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood, the Spacing Guild, the Imperial throne, and a ruthless rebellion in the Imperial military. The young woman has a wise and independent streak and is determined to become much more than a pawn to be moved about on anyone’s gameboard. Meanwhile, on Arrakis, Chani—the daughter of Liet-Kynes, the Imperial Planetologist who serves under the harsh rule of House Harkonnen—is trained in the Fremen mystical ways by an ancient Reverend Mother. Brought up to believe in her father’s ecological dream of a green Arrakis, she follows Liet around to Imperial testing stations, surviving the many hazards of desert life. Chani soon learns the harsh cost of Fremen dreams and obligations under the oppressive boot heel of the long Harkonnen occupation.
