Dune: House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune)

Product Description
Book Two of the Epic Prequel to the Classic Novel Dune—A Major Motion PictureSequel to the international bestseller Dune: House AtreidesBefore
Dune . . .
The epic tale of Duke Leto Atreides and his rise to power . . .
The fierce ambitions of his mortal enemy, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen . . .
The struggles of the young girl Jessica, the Baron’s secret daughter, under the harsh training of the Sisterhood school . . .
The schemes of Shaddam Corrino to create a synthetic spice that may bring unlimited wealth, or cause the collapse of the Spacing Guild . . .
And the implausible dream of Planetologist Kynes to turn the desert planet Dune into a paradise, uniting the desperate Fremen into a force unlike anything the Imperium has ever seen . . .
Dune: House Harkonnen continues the epic story that lays the foundation for Frank Herbert’s masterpiece
Dune, a complex tale of politics, religion, and the rise and fall of dynasties on a galaxy-spanning canvas.
Look for the entire prequel series
DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES • DUNE: HOUSE HARKONNEN • DUNE: HOUSE CORRINO
Review
“Written in a style so close to the original that it is hard to believe Frank Herbert did not direct it through some mysterious genetic link. I can’t wait for the sequel.”
—Rocky Mountain News
“Extraordinarily well-developed and continually fascinating.”
—Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Brian Herbert is the son of legendary science fiction author Frank Herbert and has written the definitive biography of him,
Dreamer of Dune, a finalist for the Hugo Award. He has also written many highly imaginative novels, including The Timeweb Chronicles, the ecological fantasy
Ocean (with his wife, Jan),
The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma, The Unborn, and
The Assassination of Billy Jeeling. His earlier acclaimed novels include
The Stolen Gospels, Sudanna, Sudanna, and
Sidney’s Comet, as well as
Man of Two Worlds (written with his father). Brian Herbert also co-manages the legacy of Frank Herbert and is an executive producer of the new motion picture
Dune and the forthcoming TV series
Dune: The Sisterhood. He and his wife live in Seattle, Washington.
Kevin J. Anderson has written in many genres: science fiction, epic fantasy, suspense/thriller, and humor. He is best known for his work in the
Star Wars, X-Files, Batman, and Superman universes, as well as the space opera The Saga of Seven Suns; the epic fantasy
Spine of the Dragon; his humorous Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. series; and two steampunk fantasy adventures,
Clockwork Angels and
Clockwork Lives, written with legendary Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. Anderson is creative consultant on the new Legendary motion picture of
Dune and is co-producer of the forthcoming TV series
Dune: The Sisterhood. He is the publisher of WordFire Press and also professor and director of the publishing MA program at Western Colorado University.
Together, Herbert and Anderson have written numerous international bestselling novels set in the universe of Frank Herbert’s
Dune, as well as the definitive graphic novel adaptation of the classic
Dune. They are the authors of an original epic science fiction trilogy,
Hellhole,
Hellhole Awakening, and
Hellhole Inferno.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
When the sandstorm came howling up from south, Pardot Kynes was more interested in taking meteorological readings than in seeking safety. His son Liet — only twelve years old, but raised in the harsh ways of the desert — ran an appraising eye over the ancient weather pod they had found in the abandoned botanical testing station. He was not confident the machine would function at all.
Then Liet gazed back across the sea of dunes toward the approaching tempest. “The wind of the demon in the open desert. Hulasikali Wala.”
“Coriolis storm,” Kynes corrected, using a scientific term instead of the Fremen one his son had selected. “Winds acros