Dune /
Frank Herbert ; afterword by Brian Herbert.
- Ace trade paperback edition.
- 687 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
- [Dune chronicles] ; [bk. 1] .
- Herbert, Frank. Dune chronicles ; bk. 1. .
Originally published: Philadelphia : Chilton Books, 1965.
Book I : Dune -- Book II: Muad'dib -- Book III: Prophet -- Ecology of Dune -- Religion of Dune -- Report on Bene Gesserit : motives and purposes -- Almanak en-Ashraf (selected excerpts of the noble houses) -- Terminology of the Imperium -- Cartographic notes -- Map.
Follows the adventures of Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by its fierce, nomadic people, who help him unravel his most unexpected destiny.