![]() ![]() The Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother Mohiam has enlisted Paul's wife, the Princess Irulan, daughter of the deposed Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV. The Bene Gesserit, Spacing Guild, and Tleilaxu conspire to dethrone Paul, and the Guild Navigator Edric is able to use his own prescience to shield the plot from Paul's prescient visions. Motivated by this knowledge, Paul hopes to set humanity on a course that will not inevitably lead to stagnation and destruction, while at the same time acting as ruler of the empire and focal point of the Fremen religion. ![]() ![]() Although 61 billion people have perished, Paul's prescient visions indicate that this is far from the worst possible outcome for humanity. Paul is the most powerful emperor ever known, but is powerless to stop the lethal excesses of the religious juggernaut he has created. By accepting the role of messiah to the Fremen, Paul has unleashed a jihad which conquered most of the known universe. Twelve years have passed since the beginning of Paul "Muad'Dib" Atreides' rule as Emperor. Dune Messiah and its own sequel Children of Dune (1976) were collectively adapted by the Sci-Fi Channel in 2003 into a miniseries entitled Frank Herbert's Children of Dune. A sequel to Dune (1965), it was originally serialized in Galaxy magazine in 1969, and then published by Putnam the same year. Dune Messiah is a science fiction novel by American writer Frank Herbert, the second in his Dune series of six novels. ![]()
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