Frank Herbert's Dune ended with Paul Muad'Dib in control of the planet Dune. Herbert's next Dune book, Dune Messiah, picked up the story several years later after Paul's armies had conquered the galaxy. But what happened between Dune and Dune Messiah? How did Paul create his empire and become the Messiah? Following in the footsteps of Frank Herbert, New York Times bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson are answering these questions...

" A Bantam spectra book." Based on the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. Sequel to: Dune: House Atreides. Science Fiction books collection--look for Science Fiction spine label.

It has been fifty-six hard years since the events of The Machine Crusade. Synchronized Worlds and Unallied Planets are liberated. the human worlds begin to hope that the end of the centuries-long conflict with the thinking machines is finally in sight. Unfortunately, Omnius has one last, deadly card to play. In a last-ditch effort to destroy humankind, virulent plagues are let loose throughout the galaxy, decimating the populations of whole planets....

Based upon Frank Herbert's final outline, presents the last of the Dune series which reveals the future of the planet Arrakis, the final revelation of the Kwisatz Haderach, and the resolution to the war between man and machine.