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The Dune Prequels |
| • Overview • Dune: House Atreides • Dune: House Harkonnen • Dune: House Corrino • • The Butlerian Jihad • The Machine Crusade • The Battle of Corrin • |
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After Frank Herbert died, his son collaborated with Kevin J. Anderson to write a series of prequels to the events of Dune. The first set of prequels recounts the events of Duke Leto's life before the events of Dune. The second set of prequels takes place over a span of about a century 2000 years before the events of Dune. |
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| Dune: House Atreides |
| 1999 |
| Preview: This novel recounts Duke Leto's relationship with his father and the way he becomes the head of House Atreides |
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| Dune: House Harkonnen |
| 2000 |
| Preview: Duke Leto defends himself against the plots of the Baron Harkonnen |
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| Dune: House Corrino |
| 2001 |
| Preview: This novel chronicles the events that lead up to the birth of Paul Atreides. |
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| The Butlerian Jihad |
| 2002 |
Preview: Two thousand years before the events of Dune, the artificial intelligence Omnius has wrested control of the Synchronized Worlds from the Titans, humans who have turned themselves into brain canisters. Here are the roots of the Bene Gesserit, the Space Guild, and the Fedayeen of Arrakis as well as the origins of the Butlerian Jihad. |
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| The Machine Crusade |
| 2003 |
| Preview: More than two decades after the events of The Butlerian Jihad, humans are still warring against Omnius; meanwhile on Arrakis Selim Wormrider begins to gather the forces that will eventually become the Fremen. |
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| The Battle of Corrin |
| 2004 |
| Preview: Over 50 years after the events of The Machine Crusade, the battle against Omnius continues as the Fremen arise on Arrakis. |
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