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An original introduction by Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning author David Brin. Over a dozen full-page illustrations by Richard A. Kirk, including a 2-page fold-out map and full-color wraparound dustjacket. Offset printed in two colors throughout, on custom-made 80# Mohawk Superfine paper. Oversized 7x10" pages, smyth sewing. Fine Hahnemuhle Bugra endpapers. Desert-colored paper made by hand by Zoe Goehring at Cave Paper specially for this edition, to cover the book's exterior. Full color dustjacket featuring gritty/sandpaper matte lamination. Enclosed in a handmade, cloth-covered, clamshell traycase, with leather label on spine and the interior lined with French marbled paper. Only 250 copies will be produced: 240 signed by Brin and Kirk. A truly beautiful book. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.

In Frank Herbert's seminal science fiction novel "Dune," the intricate tale unfolds across a distant future where noble families vie for control over the desert planet Arrakis, the only source of the highly coveted spice melange. The Atreides family, led by Duke Leto Atreides and his son Paul, assumes stewardship of Arrakis, navigating a perilous political landscape rife with treachery and ambition. As Paul adapts to the harsh desert environment, he encounters the Fremen, Arrakis's indigenous people, and discovers his latent abilities tied to their prophecy of a messianic figure known as the Kwisatz Haderach. Paul grapples with his destiny, mastering the complexities of politics, religion, and warfare while confronting personal struggles and ethical dilemmas. The novel explores themes of power, ecology, religion, and the human condition, set against a richly imagined backdrop of a desert planet teeming with political intrigue and mystical intrigue.