The epic tale of Duke Leto Atreides and his rise to power . . .The fierce ambitions of his mortal enemy, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen . . .The struggles of the young girl Jessica, the Barons secret daughter, under the harsh training of the Sisterhood school . . .The schemes of Shaddam Corrino to create a synthetic spice that may bring unlimited wealth, or cause the collapse of the Spacing Guild . . .And the implausible dream of Planetologist Kynes to turn the desert planet Dune into a paradise, uniting the desperate Fremen into a force unlike anything the Imperium has ever seen . . .Dune: House Harkonnen continues the epic story that lays the foundation for Frank Herberts masterpiece Dune, a complex tale of politics, religion, and the rise and fall of dynasties on a galaxy-spanning canvas.