The prequel trilogy ends here!As the Royal Family, House Corrino was once the most powerful house in the universe, playing a crucial role in events surrounding the major political players that will change the shape of the balance of power in Dune forever. House Harkonnen increases their pressure on the Fremen, scaling up the conflict in ways that threaten even more bloodshed, while the Bene Gesserit plot the course for their would be messiah, and pullthe strings of the fateful mother of the Kwisatz Haderach.From legendary authors Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson and artist Simone Ragazzoni (Robotech: Rick Hunter) comes the powerful final prequel to the landmark science fiction classic, now together in one single volume!Collects Dune: House Corrino #1-3.
Contributors: (W) Brian Herbert; Kevin J. Anderson (A) Simone Ragazzoni; Lea Caballero
Brian Herbert is the son of legendary science fiction author Frank Herbert and has written the definitive biography of him, Dreamer of Dune, a finalist for the Hugo Award. Brian has also written many highly imaginative novels, including the Timeweb trilogy, the ecological fantasy Ocean (with his wife, Jan), The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma, The Unborn, and The Assassination of Billy Jeeling. His earlier acclaimed novels include The Stolen Gospels, Sudanna Sudanna, and Sidney’s Comet, as well as Man of Two Worlds (written with his father). Brian has collaborated on many novels in the Dune series with Kevin J. Anderson, all of which became international bestsellers, and they also wrote the Hellhole trilogy together. They recently completed the novel Dune: The Heir of Caladan for Tor, and are also collaborating on the definitive graphic novel adaption of the novel Dune, as well as an exciting new adaptation of their collaborative novel, Dune: House Atreides, for BOOM! Studios. Brian also co-manages the legacy of Frank Herbert and is an executive producer of the new motion picture Dune and the forthcoming TV series Dune: The Sisterhood. He and his wife live in Seattle, Washington.Kevin J. Anderson has published more than 175 books, 58 of which have been national or international bestsellers. He has written numerous novels in the Star Wars, X-Files, and Dune universes, as well as unique steampunk fantasy trilogy beginning with Clockwork Angels, written with legendary rock drummer Neil Peart. His original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series, the Wake the Dragon and Terra Incognita fantasy trilogies, the Saga of Shadows trilogy, and his humorous horror series featuring Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. He has edited numerous anthologies, written comics and games, and the lyrics to two rock CDs. Anderson is the director of the graduate program in Publishing at Western Colorado University. Anderson and his wife Rebecca Moesta are the publishers of WordFire Press. His most recent novels are Clockwork Destiny, Gods and Dragons, Dune: The Heir of Caladan(with Brian Herbert), and Slushpile Memories: How NOT to Get Rejected. He is from Denver, Colorado.Simone Ragazzoni is an Italian comic book artist, based in Milan. After graduating from Milan Comics School, he started working as a freelance artist for Sergio Bonelli Editore, on the sci-fi monthly series "Odessa". After this, he worked on BOOM! Studios' series "Power Rangers: Drakkon New Dawn", "Power Rangers Unlimited" and "Power Rangers Universe". Then, he worked on "Supermassive" and "Rogue Sun", for Image Comics, and "Robotech: Rick Hunter" by Titan Comics. You can find Simone on Instagram at @simoneragazzoni.