Paul of Dune

<p>Between the end of Frank Herbert's <i>Dune</i> and his next novel <i>Dune Messiah</i> lies a mystery: how a hero adored by a planet became a tyrant hated by a universe.<br> <br> <i>Paul of Dune</i> begins the story of those twelve fateful years and the wars of the jihad of Paul Muad'Dib.<br> <br> It is an epic of battle and betrayal; of love and idealism; of ambition and intrigue. Above all, it is the story of how Paul Atreides - who achieved absolute power when scarcely more than a boy - changes from an idealist into a dictator who is the prisoner of the bureaucrats and fanatics who surround him.<br> <br> Have you read <i>Dune</i>? And have you read Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's novels continuing the story? The latest are <i>Hunters of Dune</i> and <i>Sandworms of Dune</i>.</p>