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Dune: House Atreides

Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
October 1999


This book is for our mentor, Frank Herbert, who was every bit as fascinating and complex as the
marvelous Dune universe he created.




ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


Ed Kramer, for being the bridge that brought us together in the first place.

Rebecca Moesta Anderson, for her unflagging imagination, brainstorming, and plain hard work to
make this novel the best it could be.

Jan Herbert, for allowing the creation of this project to continue during a wedding-anniversary
trip to Europe, and for so much more.

Pat LoBrutto, our editor at Bantam Books, for helping us achieve the best possible focus and
clarity in this book.

Robert Gottlieb and Matt Bialer of the William Morris Agency, Mary Alice Kier and Anna Cottle of
Cine/Lit Representation, for their faith and dedication, seeing the potential of the entire
project.

Irwyn Applebaum and Nita Taublib at Bantam Books, for their support and enthusiasm in such an
enormous undertaking.

Penny and Ron Merritt, whose enthusiastic support made this project possible.

Beverly Herbert, for brainstorming and editorial contributions on the Dune books written by Frank
Herbert.

Marie Landis-Edwards, for her encouragement.

The Herbert Limited Partnership, including David Merritt, Byron Merritt, Julie Herbert, Robert
Merritt, Kimberly Herbert, Margaux Herbert, and Theresa Shackelford.

At WordFire, Inc., special thanks to Catherine Sidor, who put in many hours of hard work in
preparing and revising the manuscript, and Sarah Jones, for her help in converting many old books
and documents into a usable form.

And to the millions of devoted DUNE fans, who have kept the original novel popular for three and a