Brian Herbert · trilogy
Legends of Dune books in order
A Dune prequel trilogy about the Butlerian Jihad and the origins of major institutions.
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- 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 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 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…
