The original “Dune” is a 1965 science-fiction novel written by author Frank Herbert and is often cited as one of George Lucas’ original inspirations for “Star Wars.” The story was first published as two separate serials in the science-fiction magazine “Analog Science Fiction and Fact,” one in 1963 and then the other in 1965. Frank Herbert’s classic masterpiece-a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time. Valya declares herself to be the sole Mother Superior, and ingratiates herself to the new Emperor Roderick.No official source eBook Description: SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Josh Brolin, Jason Momoa, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, and Charlotte Rampling. Naming them co-leaders, Raquella dies Valya however, still bitter about Dorotea's betrayal, uses her newly discovered power of Voice to force Dorotea to commit suicide. Raquella believes that the only hope for the Sisterhood to survive is for the Wallach IX sisters to reconcile with Dorotea's faction on Salusa Secundus her health failing, she summons Dorotea to the School and forces Dorotea and Valya to put their differences aside and agree to work together for the good of the Sisterhood. Valya Harkonnen, now a Reverend Mother, retrieves the hidden computers from Rossak and hopes to succeed the declining Raquella as Mother Superior. Raquella Berto-Anirul has reestablished her Bene Gesserit school on Wallach IX, thanks to the help of Josef Venport.
Meanwhile, a riot incited by Torondo results in the death of Roderick's daughter Salvador seizes the lucrative melange mining operations on Arrakis from Venport, who soon uses the constant danger of giant sandworms to orchestrate the Emperor's assassination. He is executed by Manford, but Anna Corrino escapes with Erasmus. When Gilbertus refuses to force his Mentats to swear an oath to the Butlerians, his school is invaded and his past as a 'machine sympathizer' is revealed. Meanwhile Gilbertus Albans grows increasingly fearful for his Mentat School on Lampadas (and the copy of the thinking machine Erasmus he is hiding there) as Torondo grows bolder.
Industrialist Josef Venport squares off against Torondo, whose interference thwarts Venport's business interests. With anti-technology Butlerian forces of Manford Torondo growing in strength and influence, Prince Roderick Corrino sees a threat to the Imperial power of his brother, Emperor Salvador.
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