Brian Herbert

A group of refugees escapes on a ship into the uncharted reaches of the galaxy, seeking safety with the assistance of Paul Maud'Dib and Lady Jessica, revived with the help of genetic technology, while avoiding the diabolical traps of the Enemy.

The finale to the Prelude to Dune trilogy!Fearful of losing his precarious hold on the Golden Lion Throne, Shaddam IV, Emperor of a Million Worlds, has devised a radical scheme to create a synthetic alternative to melange, the addictive spice that binds the Imperium together, a substance that can be found only on the desert world of Dune.In subterranean labs on the machine planet Ix, Tleilaxu overlords use slaves and prisoners as part of a horrific...

"Navigators, mutated by spice into beings far superior to normal humans, make space travel possible across the burgeoning Imperium. Their prescient awareness allows them to foresee safe paths through the universe as starship engines 'fold' space. Only industrial magnate Josef Venport knows the secret of creating Navigators, and he intends to build a commercial empire to span the galaxy. But at every turn Josef is embattled by the forces of antitechnology...

Book Two of the Epic Prequel to the Classic Novel Dune—A Major Motion Picture
Sequel to the international bestseller Dune: House Atreides
Before Dune . . . 
The epic tale of Duke Leto Atreides and his rise to power . . . 
The fierce ambitions of his mortal enemy, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen . . . 
The struggles of the young girl Jessica, the Baron’s secret daughter,...

Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson return to the vivid universe of Frank Herbert's Dune, bringing a vast array of rich and complex characters into conflict to shape the destiny of worlds. . . .As Shaddam IV sits at last on the Golden Lion Throne after the secret assassination of his father, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen plots against the new Emperor and House Atreides-and against the mysterious Bene Gesserit Sisterhood.For Leto Atreides, the new Duke...

On the peanut-shaped planetoid of Ut, a 150-million-year-old computer named Mamacita rules with dictatorial control. Her every whim is a steadfast rule, and no command is stronger than the ban of Sudanna, the wind that sweeps across Ut spreading the liberating sounds of music. Hiley OIV is one of Ut's most conscientious inhabitants, a man so afraid of losing his head (utpeople have very precarious necks) that a Bad Thought almost never enters his...

The United States Merchant Marine has a tradition of being in the forefront of every American military action and has served with distinction in every conflict. New York Times bestselling author Brian Herbert chronicles the amazing exploits of these gallant seamen, assembling a fascinating array of data from historical documents, government records, diaries, and interviews with surviving veterans. This brilliant history details the heroism, self-sacrifice...

After the Greenland ice cap suffers an abrupt and catastrophic collapse, Earth's climate suddenly changes, turning the planet into a horrendous stormworld. Against this backdrop, men and women in the Cascade Seed Repository valiantly struggle to protect the food supply of civilization….

The year before Dune… In 10,191 A.G., Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV granted Leto Atreides, the Duke of Caladan, control of the desert planet Arrakis-the most valuable holding in the Imperium.It was a trap.***Even in the time leading up to that historic change, danger stalks House Atreides. On his ancestral world Caladan, Duke Leto vows to protect his people, his beloved concubine Jessica, and his son Paul. The web of treachery includes the Bene Gesserit...