Dune. House Atreides
- 681pagine
- 24 ore di lettura
A prequel to Frank Herbert's Dune, written by his son, based on a recently found manuscript. It is the story of a paleontologist sent to study the planet Arrakis, home to spices which give longevity.
Preludio a Dune Serie
Questa epica saga approfondisce la ricca storia che precede gli eventi iconici di Dune, ambientata decenni prima dello svolgimento della storia originale. Esplora meticolosamente le origini di potenti casate nobiliari, le intricate macchinazioni politiche che guidano i loro conflitti e le profonde animosità tra di esse. Assisti ai momenti formativi di personaggi chiave le cui scelte plasmano irrevocabilmente il destino del pianeta desertico Arrakis e la sua vitale risorsa, il melange. Questa serie offre una narrazione avvincente di ambizione, tradimento e i semi del conflitto galattico per i fan devoti.
Ordine di lettura consigliato
Duke Leto Atreides is now the skilful and much-loved ruler of Caladan, served by loyal Duncan Idaho. To his court come Gurney Halleck, despised slave of the Harkonnens - and Jessica, the exquisite, perfectly trained concubine chosen by the Reverend Mothers of the Bene Gesserit to be the mother of Leto's daughter. Meanwhile, on Dune - planet Arrakis - House Harkonnen ruthlessly harvests the precious, mind-enhancing drug called spice. And Baron Vladimir is slowly being consumed by a loathesome disease. Rabban Harkonnen - House Atreides' most implacable enemy - prepares to take over his uncle's empire.
House Corrino : Prelude to Dune III
- 608pagine
- 22 ore di lettura
The blood feud between Duke Leto of Caladon and Baron Vladimir Harkonnen reaches its climax, as the emperor Shaddam - leader of House Corrino - is finally forced to curb the powerful Harkonnens or risk losing his own throne. Menawhile, Duke Leto's beautiful concubie, the Bene Gesserit temptress Jessica,- has conceived the boy who become Paul Atreides (the hero of Dune), defying the express orders of her superiors. The book culminates in a war - on Dune, on the oppressed planet Ix, in space - that will alter the balance of power for a generation.