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God Emperor of Dune

Book four in Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune Chronicles — one of the most significant sagas in the history of literary science fiction.

Millennia have passed on Arrakis, and the once-desert planet is green with life. Leto Atreides, the son of the world's savior, the Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, is still alive but far from human. To preserve humanity's future, he sacrificed his own by merging with a sandworm, granting him near immortality as God Emperor of Dune for the past thirty-five hundred years.

Leto's rule is not a benevolent one. His transformation has made not only his appearance but his morality inhuman. A rebellion, led by Siona, a member of the Atreides family, has risen to oppose the despot's rule. But Siona is unaware that Leto's vision of a Golden Path for humanity requires her to fulfill a destiny she never wanted — or could possibly conceive....

Includes an introduction by Brian Herbert

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 587
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780593098257
  • Characters
  • Leto Atreides II, Duncan Idaho
  • Settings
  • Arrakis
  • Genres
  • fiction, fantasy, classics, philosophy, novels, religion
  • Release date
  • 2019