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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, and Charlotte Rampling Set on the desert planet Arrakis...

Frank Herbert's bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! In this third installment, the sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy, is gone. But for the...

Fleeing from the monstrous Honored Matres - dark counterparts of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood - Duncan Idaho, the military genius Bashar Miles Teg, a woman named Sheeana who can talk to sandworms, and a group of desperate refugees explore the boundaries of the universe. Aboard their sophisticated no-ship, they have used long-stored cells to resurrect heroes and villains from the past, including Paul Muad'Dib, in preparation for a final confrontation with a mysterious outside Enemy so great it can destroy even the terrible Honored Matres.

Lady Jessica, mother of Paul and consort to Leto Atreides, is torn from her home and her family. Her choices will shape an empire, but first the Lady of Caladan must reckon with her own betrayal of the Bene Gesserit. Refusing to become a pawn, she must decide if her loyalty to the Sisterhood is more important than the love of her own family.

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 emperor's favour, the ire of House Harkonnen and set himself on a collision course with his own death. This is the story.

Paul Atreides is the man who overthrew a corrupt empire and then launched a terrible jihad across the galaxy, shedding the blood of trillions. The now-hated tyrant, the blind Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, has walked off into the endless desert of the planet Arrakis, known as Dune, leaving his turbulent empire without guidance. It's up to his mother, Jessica, with her daughter, Alia, the brave troubadour-warrior Gurney Halleck, the resurrected Duncan Idaho, the Fremen leader Stilgar, as well as Paul's wife-in-name and biographer, Princess Irulan, to try to hold an empire together. 

Heretics of Dune, the fifth installment in Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi series. On Arrakis, now called Rakis, known to legend as Dune, ten times ten centuries have passed. The planet is becoming desert again. The Lost Ones are returning home from the far reaches of space. The great sandworms...

Hal's triumph over the Tower of Blight should have left his settlement of Brightsong stronger than ever. Instead, it left them without a leader, and their strongest members were sent halfway across the world. Trading frigid cold for unrelenting heat, the Dunes of Midnight are no less vicious than the Shiverglades. Beastmen attack the outskirts of civilization while the Adventurer's Guild falls to ruins. Wanting nothing more than to return home before the tribes of the Shiverglades arrive on Brightsong's doorstep, Hal seeks answers in the metropolis of Dalmanii.

The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now, the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's power, have colonized a green world—and are tuning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. Chapterhouse Dune is the last book Frank Herbert wrote before his death: A stunning climax to the epic...

Paul Atréides a triomphé de ses ennemis. En douze ans de guerre sainte, ses Fremen ont conquis l'univers. Il est devenu l'empereur Muad'Dib. Presque un dieu, puisqu'il voit l'avenir. Ses ennemis, il les connaît. Il sait quand et comment ils frapperont. Ils vont essayer de lui reprendre l'épice qui donne la prescience et peut-être de percer le secret de son pouvoir. Il peut déjouer leurs plans, mais voit plus loin encore. Il sait que tous les futurs possibles mènent au désastre et est hanté par la vision de sa propre mort.

Le livre culte qui a inspiré le film de Denis Villeneuve. Paul Atréides vient d'avoir quinze ans. Les Révérendes Mères le surveillent : il est issu d'une lignée sélectionnée et a montré dès l'enfance des dons extraordinaires. Serait-il le surhomme prévu par leur programme génétique ? Leto, le père de Paul, est parent de l'empereur ; celui-ci lui remet en fief Dune, la planète des sables, qui produit l'épice de longue vie. Les Harkonnen, ses vieux ennemis, lui tendront là un piège fatal.

Le livre culte qui a inspiré le film de Denis Villeneuve. Il n'y a pas, dans tout l'Empire, de planète plus inhospitalière que Dune. Partout des sables à perte de vue. Une seule richesse : l'épice de longue vie, née du désert, et que tout l'univers convoite. Quand Leto Atréides reçoit Dune en fief, il flaire le piège. Il aura besoin des guerriers Fremen qui, réfugiés au fond du désert, se sont adaptés à une vie très dure en préservant leur liberté, leurs coutumes et leur foi.

Back in Kelvadan after narrowly escaping death, former exile Keera is now hailed as a hero for protecting the Great City against the lord of the clans. Forced to lie low as her injuries heal, she discovers the city’s position is more precarious than ever. Now, she faces an impossible choice: betray the city that offered her a home, or be the Champion Kelvadan needs. Worst of all, the enemy forces are led by the man to whom she has given her heart.

AN ENDLESS VOID. A POWERFUL ANOMALY. A QUEST FOR REVENGE. When The Sinker was a child, her home was destroyed by The Construct, a floating machine that consumes all in its path. To survive, she fled into the void, a seemingly infinite nothingness where few dare venture, filled with floating...

Le monde de la princesse Skara a été mis à feu et à sang lorsque sa famille a été massacrée et qu'on l'a dépossédée de son trône. Il ne lui reste que les mots pour se défendre... Afin de réclamer ce qui lui revient de droit, Skara doit donc dompter sa peur et affûter son discours, car seule la moitié d'une guerre se joue avec des épées. Père Yarvi le sait lui aussi : ancien esclave infirme devenu ministre d'un roi, il a parcouru un long chemin, et c'est par son intelligence acérée qu'il a fait de ses anciens ennemis ses alliés.

Fiona poursuit son voyage pour devenir la druidesse qu'elle est destinée à être dans le sixième tome des Chroniques d'une druidesse urbaine. Dans une lutte incessante pour sauver la vie et l'amour, j'affronte un monde de dragons, de gnomes, de sorcières et de trolls. Porter la marque des Fianna me met souvent à l'épreuve, mais j'arrive à tenir le coup avec l'aide de ma famille et de mes amis incroyables : mythiques, magiques et mortels. Je ferais tout mon possible et affronterais n'importe qui afin que ça cesse.

My name is Vayo, and I am no longer a slave. I have ascended, assuming the mantle of Grae god. I wield elemental power now, and with Traba, an enormous storm bird, at my side, I set out to finally see my people set free. And yet, I am not the only one wielding unnatural strength. In his desperation, Cyrus brokered a deal with the darkest of the Undergods. If I am to defeat the King and his newfound power, I must locate the other ascendants. Only with them at my side can I restore balance. To find them, I need a relic lost to both time and sand.

My name is Vayo, and I am a slave. My people lived in Argia, the City of Light, before Nabonidus the Defiler swept across the land. He conquered, murdering and enslaving the other tribes. I was born after the fall, in a crumbling pit of despair and sadness. Nabonidus crowned himself ruler of the land, building his new kingdom from the rubble of our fallen world. I live and serve them now, my head bowed, and my eyes down. That is, until a master servant chose me.

Les hommes et les femmes libres sombrent peu à peu dans les ténèbres. Presque submergés par les forces de la destruction, ils ne sont plus assez forts pour empêcher l'avènement d'un nouveau monde de cruauté. Bien qu'il soit à la tête des forces de la liberté, Richard sait qu'il ne doit pas empêcher le destin de s'accomplir.

When a wicked, power-hungry Emperor seeks out the Godstone, a mythical stone said to grant its bearer godhood, it puts the entire world at risk. It'll be up to a handful of pirates, a seer, and two skilled warriors to stop him. Can they end the Emperor's tyranny, or will the world be lost?