Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)
 

Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)

by Frank Herbert

This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence.
The troubles begin when... (read more)

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