


Years later, in spite of Paul's best efforts to prevent it, the war he began on Arrakis has become an interstellar jihad that has sterilized entire planets and made him one of history's greatest murderers.Īs the remaining powers in the galaxy-the Spacing Guild, the Bene Gesserit sisters who control religion, the Bene Tleilaxu masters of genetic engineering, and the children of the deposed Emperor Shaddam, one of whom has been married to Paul for political reasons-begin to conspire against him, his visions grow darker. ( Warning: Most spoilers below, including ending spoilers, are unmarked, even in the summary.)ĭune Messiah concludes Paul's story, as he came to realize in Dune that prescience is a trap-by seeing into the future, one dooms oneself to live out that vision. It is the sequel to the popular Dune and the second of the six original Dune Chronicles by him. Dune Messiah is a Science Fiction novel by Frank Herbert published in 1969.
