In The Machine Crusade the story of the battle between humans and the thinking machines continues from where it began in The Butlerian Jihad. The first battle was a victory. But the war is just beginning . . .
One hundred and ten centuries from now, humanity has spread across space. And all-powerful machines rule the humans who were once their masters.
House Atreides began the thrilling saga of the blood feud between House Atreides and House Harkonnen. Now the story continues as more of the heroes of Dune take their places in the intrigues, the wars and the treacheries that will lead inevitably to the fall of a dynasty.
The third and final volume of Prelude to Dune brings this gripping series to its close, only a few years before the beginning of Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel Dune.
A fresh new cover look for this reissue, to accompany publication of PAUL OF DUNE.
At long last--the direct sequel to Dune!
The third and final book in the LEGENDS OF DUNE series, based on the vision of Frank Herbert. The trilogy follows the campaigns of the Butlerian Jihad, the great war against the thinking machines.