Fifteen thousand years after Leto II's death, the remnants of the Bene Gesserit contend with the ruthless leaders of an alien culture to forge a new civilization and preserve the best of the Old Empire.

Leto II, God Emperor of Dune, trades his humanity for immortality and desperately attempts to save humankind, in spite of a rising rebellion led by Siona who is unaware of her own destined role in preserving the future.

Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known?and feared?as the man christened Muad?Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne?and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence. And even as House Atreides begins to crumble...