The Faces of A Martyr: A Tale of the Butlerian Jihad

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Frank Herbert’s Dune series is one of the great creations of imaginative literature, science fiction’s answer to The Lord of the Rings. Decades after Herbert’s original novels, the Dune saga was continued by Frank Herbert’s son, Brian Herbert, in collaboration with Kevin J. Anderson. Working from Frank Herbert’s own notes, the acclaimed authors reveal the chapter of the Dune saga that readers have come to expect: the Butlerian Jihad. Throughout the Dune novels, Frank Herbert frequently refers to the war in which humans won their freedom from “thinking machines.” In Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring the story of the war to life, a story previously seen only in tantalizing hints and clues. Finally, we see Serena Butler’s passionate grief spark the fight that will free humans from their machine masters; here is the amazing story of the Zensunni wanderers who escaped bondage to flee to the desert world where they will declare themselves the free men of Dune. And here is the backward, almost forgotten planet of Arrakis, where traders have discovered the remarkable properties of the spice melange…