After the turmoil that erupted following the death of God-Emperor Leto II, the galaxy once again teeters on the brink of annihilation. From the far reaches of space there rises a forgotten danger—a network of intelligent machines that survived from the time of the Butlerian Jihad. Omnius, dispersed across the conquered worlds, expands its dominion step by step, imposes its own laws, and ruthlessly extinguishes any attempt to resist.
Across the universe, humanity faces a relentless enemy: the machines subjugate entire cultures and states, shattering their will. Under the pressure of a total invasion, the fragmented forces of mankind— from the remnants of the Great Houses to the Bene Gesserit—are compelled to form fragile alliances, temporarily setting aside old conflicts.
The heroes must piece together scattered fragments of knowledge: the legacy of the Bene Gesserit, the cold logic of the mentats, and keys to understanding Dune itself— the melange, the sandworms, and their place in the fragile ecosystem of Arrakis…
Will they be able to find a vulnerability in the machines’ calculations—or will the human age yield to the rule of a soulless, infallible intelligence?