Dune - House Harkonnen

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Dune: House Harkonnen continues the unforgettable saga begun in Dune: House Atreides, as a vast array of rich and complex figures strive to shape a sprawling universe of mystery and madness, promise and wonder...the vivid universe revealed in the thrilling pages of Frank Herbert's Dune. DUNE: HOUSE HARKONNEri At last Shaddam sits on the Qolden Lion Throne, his precarious position as ruler of the Known Universe dependent on producing a male heir. But his leadership is further threatened by the ambitious Báron Vladimír Harkonnen, whose insatiable thirst for dominance leads him to plot against somé of the most powerful forces in the Impérium, hoping to elevate his own ruthless Mouse to unprecedented heights of power. Mis primary targets: Mouse Atreides and the mysterious Bene Gesserit Sisterhood. The Sisterhood are unaware of this threat as they prepare to culminate the work of centuries in the creation of a god-child who will sweep away emperors, houses, and history itself in a... Tovább

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Dune: House Harkonnen continues the unforgettable saga begun in Dune: House Atreides, as a vast array of rich and complex figures strive to shape a sprawling universe of mystery and madness, promise and wonder...the vivid universe revealed in the thrilling pages of Frank Herbert's Dune. DUNE: HOUSE HARKONNEri At last Shaddam sits on the Qolden Lion Throne, his precarious position as ruler of the Known Universe dependent on producing a male heir. But his leadership is further threatened by the ambitious Báron Vladimír Harkonnen, whose insatiable thirst for dominance leads him to plot against somé of the most powerful forces in the Impérium, hoping to elevate his own ruthless Mouse to unprecedented heights of power. Mis primary targets: Mouse Atreides and the mysterious Bene Gesserit Sisterhood. The Sisterhood are unaware of this threat as they prepare to culminate the work of centuries in the creation of a god-child who will sweep away emperors, houses, and history itself in a terrifying new order of religious tyranny. The desert world Dune, the machine world Ix, and countless other conquered planets groan under the numbing slavery of cruel new masters determined to exploit their resources-most notably the addictive spice melange found only on Dune. But small bands of renegades begin to fight back, lighting the spark of freedom against overwhelming odds. Mew, unexpected heroes arise: young and resourceful Liet-Kynes on Dune, wily and patient C'tair on Ix, and the unyielding Qurney Halleck on Qiedi Prime, driven to vengeance against his Harkonnen overlords. For Leto Atreides, grown complacent and comfortable as ruler of his House, it is a time of momentous choice: between love and honor, friendship and Vissza