num_pages: 220
description: (2nd in Dune Chronicles) The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! This second installment explores new developments on the desert planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and its strange threatening environment. DUNE MESSIAH picks up the story of the man known as Muad'dib, heir to a power unimaginable, bringing to fruition an ambition of unparalleled scale: the centuries-old scheme to create a superbeing who reigns not in the heavens but among men. But the question is: Do all paths of glory lead to the grave? "Brilliant . . . It is all that DUNE was, and maybe a little more." (Galaxy Magazine)A shorter version of this book appeared Galaxy Magazine for July-September, 1969, copyright 1969 by Galaxy Publishing Corporation.
language: English
title: Dune Messiah
titlecomplete: Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles, #2)
characters: Scytale, Paul Atreides, Stilgar, Alia Atreides, Duncan Idaho
genres: Fiction, Space Opera, Speculative Fiction, Classics, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Space, Fantasy, Novels, Audiobook
ratings_count: 254229
places: Arrakis
series: Dune, Dune Universe
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons