Children Of Dune

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Children of Dune, the third book in one of the most influential series of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century, this is an awe-inspiring world, and a story of truly epic scope.

The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy, is gone.

But for the children of Dune, the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. The altered climate is destroying the giant sandworms, and this in turn is disastrous for the planet's economy.

Leto and Ghanima, Paul Atreides's twin children and his heirs, can see possible solutions - but fanatics begin to challenge the rule of the all-powerful Atreides empire, and more than economic disaster threatens ...

Read the series which inspired the Academy Award-winning and jaw-dropping cinematic events Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two. A science fiction spectacular like no other, this is a deeply climate conscious novel, and a compelling family saga for the ages.

Dune reading order:

Dune
Dune Messiah
Children of Dune
God Emperor of Dune
Heretics of Dune
Chapterhouse Dune

Review

I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings ― Arthur C. Clarke on Dune

It is possible that Dune is even more relevant now than when it was first published ― The New Yorker on Dune

An astonishing science fiction phenomenon ― The Washington Post on Dune

One of the monuments of modern science fiction ― The Chicago Tribune on Dune

Powerful, convincing, and most ingenious ― Robert A. Heinlein on Dune

A novel of extraordinary complexity ... the work of a speculative intellect with few rivals in modern SF ― The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction on Dune

A tight mesmerising fabric, interwoven with a potent element of mysticism ... intensely realised ― Brian W. Aldiss on Dune

About the Author

Frank Herbert (1920-86) was born in Tacoma, Washington and worked as a reporter and later editor of a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first SF story was published in 1952 but he achieved fame more than ten years later with the publication in Analog of 'Dune World' and 'The Prophet of Dune' that were amalgamated in the novel Dune in 1965.