This book is dedicated to the legions of Dune fans worldwide. Your tremendous support has made this remarkable universe possible.

Thanks to Frank Herbert’s enthusiastic readers, Dune became the first novel ever to win both of science fiction’s highest honors, the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. Later, as the number of fans grew, Children of Dune became the first science fiction novel ever to appear on the New York Times bestseller list. When David Lynch’s film version was released in 1984, the novel Dune hit #1 on the New York Times.

Today, nearly fifty years after the original publication of Dune, the fans have kept Frank Herbert’s magnificent legacy alive, continuing to read all of his original chronicles as well as our new novels.