Book guide
Dune
On the desert planet where a single substance controls the universe, a murdered duke’s son must survive exile, win the trust of a native people, and fight to reclaim a world.
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About Dune
Before The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender's Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune: winner of the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, and widely considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written. Melange, or 'spice', is the most valuable - and rarest - element in the universe; a drug that does everything from increasing a person's life-span to making interstellar travel possible. And it can only be found on a single planet: the inhospitable desert world Arrakis. Whoever controls Arrakis controls the spice. And whoever controls the spice controls the universe. When the Emperor transfers stewardship of Arrakis from the noble House Harkonnen to House Atreides, the Harkonnens fight back, murdering Duke Leto Atreides. Paul, his son, and Lady Jessica, his concubine, flee into the desert. On the point of death, they are rescued by a band of Fremen, the native people of Arrakis, who control Arrakis' second great resource: the giant worms that burrow beneath the burning desert sands. In order to avenge his father and retake Arrakis from the Harkonnens, Paul must earn the trust of the Fremen and lead a tiny army against the innumerable forces aligned against them. And his journey will change the universe.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
Dune · Book 1 of 6
Content warnings
- war
- murder
- violence
- drug use
- torture
- animal death
- child death
- sexual assault mentioned
- attempted genocide
- child sexual abuse (implied/off-page)
