Dune Messiah

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

 


Herbert, Frank.
Dune messiah / Frank Herbert ; with a new introduction by Brian Herbert.
p. cm. (Dune chronicles ; bk. 2)

eISBN : 978-1-101-15787-9

 


1. Dune (Imaginary place) Fiction. I. Title.
PS3558.E63D86 2008
813 .54 dc22
2007040248

INTRODUCTION

by Brian Herbert

 


 


 


 


 


 


Dune Messiah is the most misunderstood of Frank Herbert s novels. The reasons for this are as fascinating and complex as the renowned author himself.

Just before this first sequel to Dune was published in 1969, it ran in installments in the science fiction magazine Galaxy. The serialized Dune Messiah was n