Publisher's Synopsis
Dune es la primera novela de la serie homónima &«Dune» de Frank Herbert, una obra maestra unánimemente reconocida como la mejor saga de ciencia ficción de todos los tiempos.
Arrakis: un planeta desértico donde el agua es el bien más preciado y, donde llorar a los muertos es el sìmbolo de máxima prodigalidad.
Paul Atreides: un adolescente marcado por un destino singular, dotado de extraños poderes y, abocado a convertirse en dictador, mesìas y mártir.
Los Harkonnen: personificación de las intrigas que rodean el Imperio Galáctico, buscan obtener el control sobre Arrakis para disponer de la melange, preciosa especia y uno de los bienes más codiciados del universo.
Los Fremen: seres libres que han convertido el inhóspito paraje de Dune en su hogar, y que se sienten orgullosos de su pasado y temerosos de su futuro.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Dune is the first novel in the eponymous "Dune" series by Frank Herbert, a masterpiece unanimously recognized as the best science fiction saga of all time.
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Frank Herbert's classic masterpiece-a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time.
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for....
When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul's family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.
