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Brian Herbert

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Brian Herbert is an American author and the eldest son of Frank Herbert. He wrote science fiction, fantasy, humor, nonfiction, biography, short fiction, and graphic adaptations. He coauthored Man of Two Worlds with Frank Herbert, numerous Dune novels with Kevin J. Anderson, and other fiction with Marie Landis, Jan Herbert, and Bruce Taylor.

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Brian Herbert's Newest Book

Cover of DUNE: The Graphic Novel, Book 3: The Prophet

DUNE: The Graphic Novel, Book 3: The Prophet

graphic-novel · First published 2024

**A spectacular deluxe edition of the third and concluding graphic novel adaptation of Dune, the groundbreaking science-fiction classic by Frank Herbert** This deluxe collector’s edition features an increased trim size and is printed on high-quality matte art paper and packaged in a faux-cloth slipcase with foil stamping and a tip-on cover. In *DUNE: The Graphic Novel, Book 3: Prophet*, the third and final volume adapting Frank Herbert’s *Dune*, the final battle for Arrakis is swiftly approaching. Paul Atriedes has accepted his role as the leader of the Fremen but knows his power over them teeters on the brink—they will either take back their planet or lead a jihad that will consume the entire cosmos. Lady Jessica has become a Reverend Mother and must balance her support of her son with the expectations of the Bene Gesserit Order. Meanwhile, Baron Harkonnen has continued to groom his cunning nephew, Feyd-Rautha, to rule the desert planet. All their destinies collide in an epic finale that will change Arrakis—and the universe—forever. Brian Herbert, son of Frank Herbert, and *New York Times* bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson conclude their faithful adaptation of the novel *Dune* with Paul’s manifestation of his great and terrible purpose. Once more illustrators Raúl Allén and Patricia Martín transport readers to the *Dune* universe in this visual masterpiece that blends classic science fiction with contemporary comics storytelling.

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Start with one of these

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Sidney's Comet

Best starting point for Brian Herbert's solo fiction and earliest novel.

Cover of Dune: House Atreides

Dune: House Atreides

Recommended entry point for Brian Herbert's Dune universe novels.

Cover of Hellhole

Hellhole

Standalone opening volume for his major non-Dune science-fiction trilogy.

Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert

Best starting point for his nonfiction and family memoir-biography.

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Books by series

duology · complete

Garbage Chronicles

A satirical science-fiction series about humanity's garbage launched into space.

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  1. 1
    Sidney's Comet

    Book 1 · novel · 1983

  2. 2
    The Garbage Chronicles

    Book 2 · novel · 1985

trilogy · complete

Timeweb Chronicles

A science-fiction trilogy about a collapsing galactic order and the hidden realms beneath reality.

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  1. 1
    Timeweb

    Book 1 · novel · 2006

    Ecologist Noah Watanabe sets the stage for a galactic power struggle when he attempts to tap the potential of the Timeweb--a barely used network that connects solar systems and other celestial bodies in a vast transportation and…

  2. 2
    The Web and the Stars

    Book 2 · novel · 2007

    As the Timeweb begins to disintegrate, the Human Empire finds itself at war with the Mutati shapeshifters. Noah Watanabe, a galactic ecologist with the paranormal ability to journey through the universe, undertakes a dangerous mission to…

  3. 3
    Webdancers

    Book 3 · novel · 2008

    In the first two volumes of 'The Timeweb Chronicles', best-selling author Brian Herbert introduced his readers to Timeweb, a fantastically beautiful galactic web that is a canvas of space and time. In this volume, he continues his tale.

duology · complete

The Stolen Gospels

A two-book speculative series involving suppressed gospels, reincarnated apostles, and religious conflict.

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  1. 1
    The Stolen Gospels

    Book 1 · novel · 2011

  2. 2
    The Lost Apostles

    Book 2 · novel · 2011

    Long ago, the ancient gospels of Jesus's female apostles were stolen by powerful churchmen and relegated to the rubbish heaps of history. But those apostles have been reborn as female children, and are dictating new gospels that will be…

trilogy · complete

Prelude to Dune

A Dune prequel trilogy coauthored with Kevin J. Anderson.

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  1. 1
    Dune: House Atreides

    Book 1 · novel · 1999

    As Emperor Elrood's son plots a subtle regicide, young Leto Atreides leaves for a year's education on the mechanized world of Ix.

  2. 2
    Dune: House Harkonnen

    Book 2 · novel · 2000

    A second prequel to "Dune" follows the journeys of Leto Atreides, Baron Harkonnen, Jessica, Gurney Halleck, and Duncan Idaho.

  3. 3
    Dune: House Corrino

    Book 3 · novel · 2001

    Book Three of the Epic Prequel to the Classic Novel Dune—Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture The grand finale of the complex epic trilogy of the generation before Frank Herbert’s masterwork Dune. Shaddam Corrino IV, Emperor of the Known…

trilogy · complete

Legends of Dune

A Dune prequel trilogy about the Butlerian Jihad and the origins of major institutions.

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  1. 1
    Dune: The Butlerian Jihad

    Book 1 · novel · 2002

    In Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring to life the story of that war, a tale previously seen only in tantalizing hints and clues. Finally, we see how Serena Butler's passionate grief ignites the struggle…

  2. 2
    Dune: The Machine Crusade

    Book 2 · novel · 2003

    More than two decades have passed since the events chronicled in Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. The crusade against thinking robots has ground on for years; the human worlds grow weary of war, of the bloody, inconclusive swing from victory to…

  3. 3
    Dune: The Battle of Corrin

    Book 3 · novel · 2004

    It has been fifty-six hard years since the events of The Machine Crusade. Following the death of Serena Butler, the bloodiest decades of the Jihad take place. Synchronized Worlds and Unallied Planets are liberated one by one, and at long…

duology · complete

Dune Finale

Two novels coauthored with Kevin J. Anderson that continue and conclude the original Dune sequence using Frank Herbert's notes.

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  1. 1
    Hunters of Dune

    Book 1 · novel · 2006

    Hunters of Dune and the concluding volume, Sandworms of Dune, bring together the great story lines and beloved characters in Frank Herbert's classic Dune universe, ranging from the time of the Butlerian Jihad to the original Dune series…

  2. 2
    Sandworms of Dune

    Book 2 · novel · 2007

    Using Frank Herbert's final outline "hidden in a bank safe deposit box for eleven years " Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson now tell the grand climax of the story left unfinished in CHAPTER HOUSE: DUNE, and continued in HUNTERS OF DUNE.

series · ongoing

Heroes of Dune

Dune novels set between major books in Frank Herbert's original sequence.

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  1. 1
    Paul of Dune

    Book 1 · novel · 2008

    Frank Herbert's Dune ended with Paul Muad'Dib in control of the planet Dune. Herbert's next Dune book, Dune Messiah, picked up the story several years later after Paul's armies had conquered the galaxy. But what happened between Dune and…

  2. 2
    The Winds of Dune

    Book 2 · novel · 2009

    Between the end of Frank Herbert's DUNE and his next novel, DUNE MESSIAH, lies an intriguing mystery: how a hero adored by a planet became a tyrant hated by a universe. Paul Atreides is the man who overthrew a corrupt empire and then…

  3. 3
    Princess of Dune

    Book 3 · novel · 2023

    Set two years before Dune, Princess of Dune is the never-before-told story of two key women in the life of Paul Muad’Dib—Princess Irulan, his wife in name only, and Paul’s true love, the Fremen Chani. Both women become central to Paul’s…

collection-series · complete

Dune Stories

Separately published collections of Dune short fiction and novellas coauthored with Kevin J. Anderson.

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  1. 1
    Tales of Dune

    Book 1 · collection · 2011

    Eight collected Dune short stories, tales that fit in and around Frank Herbert's grand future epic. Includes Wedding Silk and Treasure in the Sand.

  2. 2
    Sands of Dune

    Book 2 · collection · 2022

    Collected for the first time, these Dune novellas by bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson shine a light upon the darker corners of the Dune universe. Spanning space and time, Sands of Dune is essential reading for any…

trilogy · complete

Great Schools of Dune

A Dune prequel trilogy about the formation of the Bene Gesserit, Mentats, and Navigators.

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  1. 1
    Sisterhood of Dune

    Book 1 · novel · 2012

    Decades after the Battle of Corrin destroys the thinking machines and establishes Faykan Butler as the first Imperium Emperor, war hero Vor turns his back on political descendants who blame him for their downfall while Gilbertus Albans…

  2. 2
    Mentats of Dune

    Book 2 · novel · 2014

    In Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's Mentats of Dune, the thinking machines have been defeated but the struggle for humanity's future continues. Gilbertus Albans has founded the Mentat School, a place where humans can learn the…

  3. 3
    Navigators of Dune

    Book 3 · novel · 2016

    A *New York Times* bestseller, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's *Navigators of Dune* is the climactic finale of the Great Schools of Dune trilogy, set 10,000 years before Frank Herbert's classic *Dune*. The story line tells the…

trilogy · complete

The Caladan Trilogy

A Dune trilogy about Leto Atreides, Lady Jessica, and Paul before Dune.

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  1. 1
    Dune: The Duke of Caladan

    Book 1 · novel · 2020

    Leto Atreides, Duke of Caladan and father of the Muad'Dib. While all know of his fall and the rise of his son, little is known about the quiet ruler of Caladan and his partner Jessica. Or how a Duke of an inconsequential planet earned an…

  2. 2
    Dune: The Lady of Caladan

    Book 2 · novel · 2021

    From Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Dune: The Lady of Caladan is a brand new novel in the internationally bestselling Dune series. Lady Jessica, mother of Paul, and consort to Leto Atreides. The choices she made shaped an empire,…

  3. 3
    Dune: The Heir of Caladan

    Book 3 · novel · 2023

    He is Paul Atreides. The son of Duke Leto and Lady Jessica, the heir of Caladan. He will become the fabled Muad’Dib. Before he set foot on the sands of Arrakis, Paul was forged into the young man who would become a great leader, a hero .…

trilogy · complete

Hellhole Trilogy

A science-fiction trilogy coauthored with Kevin J. Anderson about a dangerous frontier planet and its buried alien history.

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  1. 1
    Hellhole

    Book 1 · novel · 2011

    On l’appelle Fond de l’Enfer. Parce qu’il n’existe pas de planète plus inhospitalière dans toute la Zone Profonde. Stérile, éloignée de tout, balayée par d’effroyables tornades et secouée d’éruptions volcaniques... Fond de l’Enfer est…

  2. 2
    Hellhole Awakening

    Book 2 · novel · 2013

    A confrontation between General Adolphus and the fleets of Diadem Michella Duchenet is compromised by a shadow-Xayan mental blast, an imminent asteroid collision in the outer Candela system, and a fanatical band of rogue telemancers.

  3. 3
    Hellhole Inferno

    Book 3 · novel · 2014

graphic-novel-series · complete

Dune: The Graphic Novel

A three-volume graphic adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune, written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

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  1. 1
    DUNE: The Graphic Novel, Book 1: Dune

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2020

  2. 2
    DUNE: The Graphic Novel, Book 2: Muad'Dib

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2022

  3. 3
    DUNE: The Graphic Novel, Book 3: The Prophet

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2024

    **A spectacular deluxe edition of the third and concluding graphic novel adaptation of Dune, the groundbreaking science-fiction classic by Frank Herbert** This deluxe collector’s edition features an increased trim size and is printed on…

Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (14)
  1. Sudanna, Sudanna

    novel · 1985

    On the peanut-shaped planetoid of Ut, a 150-million-year-old computer named Mamacita rules with dictatorial control. Her every whim is a steadfast rule, and no command is stronger than the ban of Sudanna, the wind that sweeps across Ut…

  2. Man of Two Worlds

    novel · 1986

    What if the entire universe were the creation of alien minds? After an unfortunate spaceship accident, the hedonistic human Lutt Hansen Jr., finds himself sharing his body and mind with a naive alien dreamer. The two have to survive…

  3. Prisoners of Arionn

    novel · 1987

    What if students from a distant planet decided to study Earth as a science project? What if they placed San Francisco in a giant bubble and sent it into space? And what if the citizens of the city were not crazy about the idea? The answer…

  4. The Race for God

    novel · 1990

    God, it turns out, lives on the planet Tananius-Ofo in the distant galaxy 722C12009. And now, after countless millennia, He's invited us to come visit Him. Not everybody, mind you. Just an odd assortment of heathens, heriticts,…

  5. Memorymakers

    novel · 1991

  6. Whipping Mek: A Tale of the Butlerian Jihad

    novella · 2003

    Set prior to the events of Dune: The Machine Crusade, this short story describes the arrival of the Honru Massacre survivors on Giedi Prime

  7. Hunting Harkonnens

    novella · 2004

    A short story set 15 years prior to the events of Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. This story is included in The Road to Dune and Tales of Dune.

  8. Stormworld

    novella · 2013

  9. Ocean

    novel · 2013

  10. The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma

    novel · 2014

    "A revolution has taken over the government of the United States and the environment has been saved. All pollution has been banned and reversed. It's a bright, green new world. But this new world comes with a great cost. The United States…

  11. The Unborn

    novel · 2019

Nonfiction (1)
Other (5)
  1. Classic Comebacks

    collection · 1981

  2. Incredible Insurance Claims

    collection · 1982

  3. The Road to Dune

    collection · 2005

    Including never-before-published chapters from Dune and Dune Messiah, original stories, and a new short novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Frank Herbert's Dune is widely known as the science fiction equivalent of The Lord of…

Frequently asked questions about Brian Herbert

Who is Brian Herbert?

Brian Herbert is an author, biographer, and coauthor best known for his work in the Dune universe. He has written or coauthored more than 45 books, including multiple New York Times bestsellers.

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Is Brian Herbert the son of Frank Herbert?

Yes. Brian Herbert is Frank Herbert’s eldest son and wrote Dreamer of Dune, a biography offering a personal account of his father’s life and work.

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What is Brian Herbert known for in the Dune franchise?

He coauthored twelve Dune novels with Kevin J. Anderson and has helped manage Frank Herbert’s literary legacy. He has also served as an executive producer on Dune screen projects.

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How did Frank Herbert influence Brian Herbert’s writing?

Brian Herbert has said that he and his father often clashed during Brian’s youth, and that he came to appreciate Frank’s influence only later, while developing his own writing career. That perspective informed Brian’s personal biography of his father.

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What awards recognition has Brian Herbert received?

Brian Herbert’s biography Dreamer of Dune was a finalist for Best Related Non-Fiction Book at the 2004 Hugo Awards.

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