[Legends of Dune 01] • Genèse De Dune 1 - La Guerre Des Machines

Frank Herbert's Dune series is one of the great creations of imaginative

literature, science fiction's answer to The _Lord of the Rings._

Decades after Herbert's original novels, the Dune saga was continued by Frank

Herbert's son, Brian Herbert, in collaboration with Kevin J. Anderson. Working

from Frank Herbert's own notes, the acclaimed authors reveal the chapter of

the _Dune_ saga most eagerly anticipated by readers: the Butlerian Jihad.

Throughout the Dune novels, Frank Herbert frequently referred to the war in

which humans wrested their freedom from "thinking machines." In _Dune: The

Butlerian Jihad_ , Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring to life the story

of that war, a tale previously seen only in tantalizing hints and clues.

Finally, we see how Serena Butler's passionate grief ignites the struggle that

will liberate humans from their machine masters; here is the amazing tale of

the Zensunni Wanderers, who escape bondage to flee to the desert world where

they will declare themselves the Free Men of Dune. And here is the backward,

nearly forgotten planet of Arrakis, where traders have discovered the

remarkable properties of the spice melange....