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 children of Dune, the very blossoming of
their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. The altered climate is
destroying the giant sandworms, and this in turn is disastrous for the planet's
economy. Leto and Ghanima, Paul Atreides's twin children and his heirs, can see
possible solutions - but fanatics begin to challenge the rule of the
all-powerful Atreides empire, and more than economic disaster threatens...