House AtreidesIt is the year 10,154 of the Imperial Calendar, and for four decades the planet Arrakiscalled Dune by its inhabitantshas been ruled by the Harkonnen family. But the seeds of change have been sown. On Arrakis, an idealistic young planetologist, Pardot Kynes, ventures into the desert to unravel the secrets of its giant sandworms and the priceless Spice they create. Simultaneously, on another planet, Caledon, young Leto Atreides is nearly ready to assume