En un futuro lejano, en un planeta remoto, se libra una compleja lucha que tendrá repercusiones en toda la galaxia. En las arenas de Akarris, más conocido como Dune, aprender a sobrevivir no es suficiente... Un fenómeno de culto desde su publicación hace más de medio siglo. Reseñ No conozco nada comparable, excepto El Señor de los Anillos. Arthur C. Clarke. Es muy probable que Dune sea más vigente a día de hoy que cuando salió a la luz. The New Yorker. Uno de los monumentos de la ciencia-ficción moderna. The Chicago Tribune. Un fenómeno impresionante. The Washington Post. La más gran novela de ciencia-ficción que ha habido. Star Wars no existiría sin ella. The Guardian. Simplemente perfecta.» The New York Times
Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science fiction author best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for his novels, he also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer. The Dune saga, set in the distant future, and taking place over millennia, explores complex themes, such as the long-term survival of the human species, human evolution, planetary science and ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics, economics and power in a future where humanity has long since developed interstellar travel and settled many thousands of worlds. Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the entire series is considered to be among the classics of the genre.