Dune Messiah
- Published
- 1 January 1969
- Pages
- 920
- ISBN-13
- 9780593548448
- Type
- novel
About this book
Dune Messiah, published in 1969, is the second of Frank Herbert's six Dune novels -- much shorter and darker than its predecessor, deliberately undercutting the triumphant ending of Dune with a bitter reckoning over the empire Paul Atreides built on Arrakis.
Key facts about Dune Messiah
Dune Messiah is a novel by Frank Herbert. Readers have had it since 1969. It runs to 920 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of Dune Messiah. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780593548448 to find the main one.
Dune Messiah is book 2 of 6 in the Dune series. The series has 6 published books. However, the series starts with Dune (1965).
Additionally, Frank Herbert writes Destination: Void and ConSentiency Universe as separate series. Those series sit on our science fiction shelf. Meanwhile, The Ascension Factor is the latest published Frank Herbert book on file, from 1988.
About Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert was an American science fiction author best known for Dune, the 1965 novel widely regarded as one of the most influential works in the genre's history and the bestselling science fiction novel of all time. See every Frank Herbert book in order.
Its place in Dune
Dune Messiah is book 2 in the Dune series. It follows Dune. It is followed by Children of Dune. See the full Dune reading order.
Dune follows the fall and rise of House Atreides after Duke Leto is given stewardship of Arrakis, the desert planet that is the only source of melange — the spice that extends life, sharpens the mind, and makes interstellar travel possible. When the rival House Harkonnen destroys the Atreides in a sudden betrayal, Leto's son Paul and his mother Jessica flee into the deep desert and are taken in by the Fremen, Arrakis's fierce native people. There, prophecy, politics, and Paul's own awakening powers begin to…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780441172696
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780340960202
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780575081536