God emperor of dune (dune 4) by Frank Herbert
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God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert (Dune, Book 4)
More than three thousand years have passed since the first events recorded in Dune. Empires have risen and fallen. Worlds have been born and destroyed. Yet one figure persists—a grotesque, seemingly immortal link to humanity's turbulent past. Leto Atreides, son of the prophet Paul Muad'Dib, now rules as the God Emperor of Dune, wielding absolute power over a galactic civilisation locked in enforced stasis. He alone understands the terrible currents of history. He alone perceives the future with a clarity born of prescience and centuries of accumulated knowledge. And he knows with absolute, devastating certainty that the evolution of his race has reached an impasse. Humanity faces extinction unless he can breed new qualities into his species, awaken dormant potentials and forge a new path forward.
But to achieve his final victory—to save humanity from itself—Leto Atreides must also engineer his own downfall. The God Emperor walks a razor's edge between salvation and destruction, between the continuation of human civilisation and its utter transformation. His quest will reshape the very nature of human existence, challenge the foundations of morality and power, and pose the ultimate question: at what cost does transcendence come? Frank Herbert's audacious fourth masterpiece takes the Dune saga to philosophical heights, exploring time, evolution, power and the burden of godhood itself. What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction—an awe-inspiring world and a story of truly epic scope. A deeply climate-conscious novel and a compelling family saga for the ages.
Read the series which inspired the Academy Award-winning cinematic events Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two.
Publisher: Gollancz
Date Published: 28/01/2021
ISBN: 9781473233805
Number of pages: 432
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