Children of Dune

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Penguin, 2008 - Fiction - 406 pages
The science fiction masterpiece continues in the “major event,”( Los Angeles Times) Children of Dune.

With millions of copies sold worldwide, Frank HerbertÂ'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 MuadÂ'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 twinsÂ' prophetic visions, her rule will be absolute. But the twins have their own plans for their destiny.
 

Contents

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XXXIV
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XXXV
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XXXVI
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XXXVII
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XXXVIII
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XXXIX
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XL
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XLI
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XXX
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XXXI
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XXXIII
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Frank Herbert was born in Tacoma, Washington, and educated at the University of Washington, Seattle. He worked a wide variety of jobs—including TV cameraman, radio commentator, oyster diver, jungle survival instructor, lay analyst, creative writing teacher, reporter, and editor of several West Coast newspapers—before becoming a full-time writer.

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