Heretics of Dune
1984 novel by Frank Herbert / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Heretics of Dune is a 1984 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the fifth in his Dune series of six novels. It was ranked as the No. 13 hardcover fiction best seller of 1984 by The New York Times.
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Author | Frank Herbert |
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Audio read by | Simon Vance |
Cover artist | Abe Echevarria |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Dune series |
Genre | Science fiction |
Published | 1984 |
Publisher | Putnam |
Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
Pages | 480 |
ISBN | 0-399-12898-0 |
OCLC | 77462821 |
813/.54 19 | |
LC Class | PS3558.E63 H4 1984 |
Preceded by | God Emperor of Dune |
Followed by | Chapterhouse: Dune |
Fifteen hundred years have passed since the 3,500-year reign of the God Emperor Leto II Atreides ended with his assassination; humanity is firmly on the Golden Path, Leto's plan to save humanity from destruction. By crushing the aspirations of humans for over three thousand years, Leto caused the Scattering, an explosion of humanity into the rest of the universe upon his death. Now, some of those who went out into the universe are coming back, bent on conquest. Only the Bene Gesserit perceive the Golden Path and are therefore faced with a choice: keep to their traditional role of hidden manipulators who quietly ease tensions and guide human progress while struggling for their own survival, or embrace the Golden Path and push humanity onward into a new future where humans are free from the threat of extinction.