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Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known -- and feared -- as the man christened Muad'Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne -- and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence. And even as House Atreides begins to crumble around him from the machinations of his enemies, the true threat to Paul comes to his lover Chani and the unborn heir to his family's dynasty ....… (mais)
Messias de Duna é o segundo volume da série criada por Frank Herbert, que aprofunda e estende o universo de Duna ao aliar discussões políticas, filosóficas e religiosas à sua épica história de poder, vingança e redenção. Na trama, doze anos se passaram desde a ascensão de Paul ao trono. Arrakis tornou-se o centro do Imperium, a partir de onde os fremen se propagaram a fim de levar sua filosofia e sua forma de governar aos planetas por eles conquistados. Os inevitáveis conflitos gerados por esta expansão fazem com que importantes facções contrárias ao imperador reúnam forças para detê-lo. Uma disputa nos bastidores do poder está prestes a começar. Conspiradores tramam contra a atual ordem do Imperium. Conseguirão eles acabar com o reinado de Muad’Dib e com a guerra santa que os fremen travam em seu nome? Ao lado das trilogias Fundação, de Isaac Asimov, e O Senhor dos Anéis, de J. R. R. Tolkien, a série Duna é considerada uma das maiores obras de fantasia e ficção científica de todos os tempos.
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Such a rich store pf myths enfolds Paul Muad'dib, the Mentat Emperor, and his sister, Alia, it is difficult to see the real persons behind these veils. But there were, after all, a man born Paul Atreides and a woman born Alia. Their flesh was subject to space and time. And even though their oracular powers placed them beyond the usual limits of time and space, they came from human stock. They experienced real events which left traces upon a real universe. To understand them, it must be seen that their catastrophe of all mankind. This work is dedicated, then, not to Muad'dib or his sister, but to thier heirs - to all of us.
---Dediction in the Muad'dib's Concordance as copied from The Tabia Memorium of the Mahdi Spirit Cult
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Prologue: Dune is the planet Arrakis, an arid world of great deserts where life survives against terrifying odds.
Analysis of History: Muad'dib by Brons of Ix: Muad'dib's Imperial reign generated more historians than any other era in human history.
Despite the murderous nature of the plot he hoped to devise, the thoughts of Scytale, the Tleilaxu Face Dancer, returned again and again to rueful compassion.
Excerpts from the Death Cell Interview with Bronso of IX ---
Q: What led you to take your particular approach to a history of Muad'dib? A: Why should I answer your questions?
There exists no seperation between gods and men; one blends softly casual into the other.
- Proverbs of Muad'dib
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
"What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?"
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
She led him back across the qanat into the darkness at the base of the massif and its Place of Safety.
Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known -- and feared -- as the man christened Muad'Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne -- and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence. And even as House Atreides begins to crumble around him from the machinations of his enemies, the true threat to Paul comes to his lover Chani and the unborn heir to his family's dynasty ....