Mentats of Dune - Brossura

Anderson Kevin J.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1849830290 ISBN 13: 9781849830294

Casa editrice: Central Book House / S&S, 2015

Riassunto

Gilbertus Albans has founded the Mentat School, a place where humans can learn the efficient techniques of thinking machines. But Gilbertus walks an uneasy line between his own convictions and compromises in order to survive the Butlerian fanatics, led by the madman Manford Torondo and his Swordmaster Anari Idaho. Mother Superior Raquella attempts to rebuild her Sisterhood School on Wallach IX, with her most talented and ambitious student, Valya Harkonnen . . . who also has another goal-to exact revenge on Vorian Atreides, the legendary hero of the Jihad, whom she blames for her family's downfall. Meanwhile, Josef Venport conducts his own war against the Butlerians. VenHold Spacing Fleet controls nearly all commerce thanks to the superior mutated Navigators that Venport has created, and he places a ruthless embargo on any planet that accepts Manford Torondo's anti-technology pledge, hoping to starve them into submission. But fanatics rarely surrender easily. . . The Mentats, the Navigators, and the Sisterhood all strive to improve the human race, but know that as Butlerian fanaticism grows stronger, the battle will be to choose the path of humanity's future-whether to embrace civilization, or to plunge into an endless dark age.

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'Frank Herbert would surely be delighted and proud of this continuation of his vision' Dean Koontz
'In a word, satisfying; all Dune fans will want to investigate, newcomers will be tempted... it should promote fresh interest in the magnificent original series' Kirkus

L'autore:

Kevin J. Anderson has over 20 million books in print in 30 languages worldwide. He is the author of, among others, the X-FILES novels, GROUND ZERO and the JEDI ACADEMY trilogy of STAR WARS novels - the three bestselling SF novels of 1994. He has also co-written the international bestselling prequels to Frank Herbert's monumental DUNE series. He has won, or been nominated for, many awards including the Nebula Award and the Bram Stoker Award. Visit his website www.wordfire.com

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• Editore: Central Book House / S&S
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1849830290
• ISBN 13: 9781849830294
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 448