Dune Messiah, Hardcover Book, By: Frank Herbert

A deluxe hardcover edition of Dune Messiah, the second novel in Frank Herbert's magnificent science fiction saga. This deluxe hardcover edition of Dune Messiah includes: An iconic new cover A stamped and foiled case featuring a quote from the Litany Against Fear Stained edges and fully illustrated endpapers A beautifully designed poster on the interior of the jacket An Introduction by Brian Herbert Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better know-and feared-as the the man called Muad'Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, Paul possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Freemen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne-and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence. And even as House Atreides begins to crumble around him from the machinations of his enemies, the true threat to Paul comes to his lover, Chani, and the unborn heir to his family's dynasty.... About the author Frank Herbert (1920-86) was born in Tacoma, Washington and worked as a reporter and later editor of a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first SF story was published in 1952 but he achieved fame more than ten years later with the publication in Analog of 'Dune World' and 'The Prophet of Dune' that were amalgamated in the novel Dune in 1965.