num_pages: 444
description: The science fiction masterpiece continues in the “major event,”( Los Angeles Times ) Children of Dune .With millions of copies sold worldwide, Frank Herbert’s Dune novels stand among the major achievements of the human imagination and one of the most significant sagas in the history of literary science fiction.The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad’Dib, disappeared in the deserts of Arrakis. Like their father, they possess supernormal abilities—making them valuable to their aunt Alia, who rules the Empire. If Alia can obtain the secrets of the twins’ prophetic visions, her rule will be absolute. But the twins have their own plans for their destiny.
language: English
title: Children of Dune
titlecomplete: Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, #3)
characters: Lady Jessica, Paul Atreides, Leto Atreides II, Duncan Idaho, Muad'dib, Vladimir Harkonnen, Gurney Halleck, Stilgar, Alia Atreides
genres: Audiobook, Science Fiction, Classics, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space, Fiction, Space Opera, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 172168
places: Arrakis, Sietch Tabr, Salusa Secundus
series: Dune Universe, Dune
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Washington State Book Award
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons (NY)