The Messiah of the Dunes is Frank Herbert 's second novel from the Dune Chronicles series. It is a continuation of the novel Dune . According to this book and its continuation, "Children of the Dunes" , the mini-series "Children of the Dunes" was shot. The novel was first translated into Russian in 1992, but the only authorized translation was made by Yu. R. Sokolov and P. A. Vyaznikov in 1999.
| Messiah Dunes | |
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| Dune messiah | |
 cover of the first edition | |
| Genre | fantasy |
| Author | Frank Herbert |
| Original language | English |
| Date of first publication | 1969 |
| Publishing house | Putnam publishing |
| Cycle | |
| Previous | Dune |
| Following | Children of the Dune |
Story
12 years Paul Atreides is Emperor. However, his power begins to fluctuate - Bene Gesserit, Tleilaxu, the Guild of Space Navigation and even his own wife - Princess Irulan enter into a plot against him. Their first blow is sending the Emperor a specially resurrected Duncan Idaho . With the ability to see the future, Paul seems to be able to easily expose the conspirators, however, it seems that the Emperor himself seeks to undermine his power ...
The book develops an important philosophical question raised in the first part of the cycle about foreknowledge (the state in which a person sees the future).
Links
- The Messiah of the Dune on the Fantasy Lab website