The sci-fi epic Dune saga is back with Dune Messiah. Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah returns to the planet of Arrakis for the second installment in the Dune saga: the multimillion-selling science-fiction series.

The second title in the Dune chronicles explores new developments on the desert planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and the strange, threatening environment — rife with the Tleilaxu, sandworms, and the Bene Gesserit reverend mothers.

Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah picks up twelve years from the first book and the story of the man known as Paul Muad'Dib Atreides, also known as Paul Atreides. He is the heir to the family’s dynasty of House Atreides, who rules over the Fremen, bringing to fruition an ideology once thought impossible: an old idea of creating a super-being who reigns not in the heavens but among men.

By accepting the role of messiah to the Fremen, Paul has unleashed a jihad that conquered most of the known universe. Paul is the most powerful emperor ever known but cannot stop the violence and monstrosities of the religious juggernaut he has created. Can Paul stop the jihad before all known universes get taken over?

Dune Messiah also features an ensemble cast of characters, including Alia, Paul Atreides’ sister, the ghola of the deceased Duncan Idaho (now known as Hayt), Bijaz a Tleilaxu servant, Princess Irulan, and twins Leto and Ghanima.

Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah and the Dune series is the ideal companion to other fantasy series, such as The Lord of the Rings, and can be enjoyed simultaneously as an audiobook. Before listening to the other entries in the Dune series, such as Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, and Heretics of Dune, listen to Frank Herbert’s thrilling second entry in the always entertaining Dune saga, Dune Messiah.