Frank Herbert
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"In [this book], the second of three volumes adapting Frank Herbert's Dune, a young Paul Atreides and his mother, the lady Jessica, find themselves stranded in the deep desert of Arrakis. Betrayed by one of their own and destroyed by their greatest enemy, Paul and Jessica must find the mysterious Fremen, or perish"--OCLC.
2) Dune
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Paul Atreides, son of Duke Leto, along with the native inhabitants of the planet Arrakis, struggle to overthrow the terrible Baron Harkonnen and his family, and to control the mind-altering spice produced by giant sand worms of Arrakis.
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The Mentats led by Gilbertus Albans, the Navigators created by Josef Venport, and the Sisterhood rebuilt by Mother Superior Raquella all strive to improve the human race, but each group knows that as Butlerian fanaticism grows stronger, the battle will be to choose the path of humanity's future -- whether to embrace civilization, or to plunge into an endless dark age.
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Presents the second interquel of Frank Herbert's epic Dune series, chronicling the life of Lady Jessica after the disappearance of her son, Emperor Paul-Muad'Dib. "The Winds of Dune" begins after the events of "Dune Messiah". The growing battle between Jessica and her daughter, Alia, continues as Alia tries to hold the Imperial government together with Duncan and Bronso of Ix seems to be leading the opposition against the House of Atreides.