Dune (Ace mass market paperback, 1990)

Description

By Frank Herbert

On the desert planet Arrakis, the only thing of value is the spice melange, which extends life, expands consciousness and makes interstellar travel possible. Whoever controls Arrakis controls the empire.

House Atreides is handed the planet and then betrayed, and Paul Atreides escapes into the deep desert with his mother, to the Fremen who have lived there all along and have a prophecy waiting for him. A novel about ecology, religion and power, and about what it costs to be turned into a messiah.

First published 1965

This listing is the Ace mass market paperback, 896 pages.