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 Maud'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)
language: English
title: Dune Messiah
titlecomplete: Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles, Book 2)
characters: Duncan Idaho, Stilgar, Alia Atreides, Paul Atreides, Scytale
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Space Opera, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Space, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 254337
places: Arrakis
series: Dune, Dune Universe
publisher: Books on Tape