Dune · Book 2
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.
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