The Winds of Dune
2009 • 449 pages

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Between the end of Frank Herbert's DUNE and his next novel, DUNE MESSIAH, lies an intriguing mystery: how a hero adored by a planet became a tyrant hated by a universe.

Paul Atreides is the man who overthrew a corrupt empire and then launched a terrible jihad across the galaxy, shedding the blood of trillions. The now-hated tyrant, the blind emperor Paul Muad'Dib, has walked off into the endless desert of the planet Arrakis, known as Dune, leaving his turbulent empire without guidance.

It's up to his mother Jessica, with her daughter Alia, the brave troubadour-warrior Gurney Halleck, the resurrected Duncan Idaho, the Fremen leader Stilgar, as well as Paul's wife-in-name and biographer, Princess Irulan, to try and hold an empire together even as it tears itself apart from within and without.


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#2 in Heroes of Dune

Heroes of Dune is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2008 with contributions by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

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Paul of Dune
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The Winds of Dune
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Princess of Dune

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#24 in Dune Universe (Chronological)

Dune Universe (Chronological) is a 30-book series with 30 released primary works first released in 1965 with contributions by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Frank Herbert.

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Hunting Harkonnens
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Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
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Whipping Mek
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Dune: The Machine Crusade
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The Faces of a Martyr
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Dune: The Battle of Corrin
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Sisterhood of Dune
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Mentats of Dune
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Dune: Red Plague
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Navigators of Dune
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Dune: House Atreides
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Dune: House Harkonnen

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24 primary books29 released books

#17 in Dune Universe (Publication Order)

Dune Universe (Publication Order) is a 29-book series with 26 released primary works first released in 1965 with contributions by Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert, and Kevin J. Anderson.

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Dune
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Dune Messiah
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Children of Dune
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God Emperor of Dune
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Heretics of Dune
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Chapterhouse: Dune
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Dune: House Atreides
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Dune: House Harkonnen
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Dune: House Corrino
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Hunting Harkonnens
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Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
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