Dune: The Machine Crusade
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| Author | Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson |
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| Audio read by | Scott Brick |
| Cover artist | Stephen Youll |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Legends of Dune |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
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Publication date
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2003 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 624 |
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| OCLC | 52429634 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3558.E617 D895 2003 |
| Preceded by | Dune: The Butlerian Jihad |
| Followed by | Dune: The Battle of Corrin |
Dune: The Machine Crusade is a 2003 science fiction novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. It is the second book in the Legends of Dune prequel trilogy, which takes place over 10,000 years before the events of Frank Herbert's celebrated 1965 novel Dune. The series chronicles the fictional Butlerian Jihad, a crusade by the last free humans in the universe against the thinking machines, a violent and dominating force led by the sentient computer mind Omnius.
Dune: The Machine Crusade debuted at #7 on The New York Times Best Seller list.
Dune: The Machine Crusade moves forward into the center of the Butlerian Jihad, described in the first book of the trilogy, Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. Leading the movement is the ex-slave and ex-machine trustee Grand Patriarch Iblis Ginjo. However, Iblis appears more interested in politics and his own personal legacy than in the Jihad.
Vorian Atreides, despite the long life given to him by his father, the Titan Agamemnon, begins to show the vestiges of wanting to settle down after visiting the planet Caladan, and meeting Leronica Tergiet, who is to become his long-term concubine.
Xavier Harkonnen manages to free Ix from the thinking machines and must eventually make the ultimate sacrifice that will tarnish his name.
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