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Frank Herbert

God Emperor of Dune

Book 4 of the Dune Saga

£95

Illustrated by Grace Aldrich

The fourth volume in the Dune saga, God Emperor of Dune explores power, sacrifice and transformation through the haunting figure of Leto II. Featuring a striking metallic binding and eight colour illustrations by Grace Aldrich, this Folio continues the best-selling series with signature care and craft.

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Book Details
 
Production DetailsBound in printed and blocked metallic cloth
Printed slipcase
Endpaper map by Martin Sanders
Dimensions10 inches x 6¾ inches
FontSet in Dante with Helvetica Neue and Black Tulip display
Pages400
AuthorFrank Herbert
Illustrated byGrace Aldrich
IllustrationEight colour illustrations, including one double-page spread and a frontispiece
Ten black & white chapter headings
Publication Date21/10/2025
PrintingFirst Printing
Editor's Notes
 
From the visionary mind of a science fiction master comes a story about the intricate workings of power and destiny. For over 3000 years, a tyrant has ruled the universe. Once an unforgiving desert wasteland, Arrakis has transformed into a lush, verdant biosphere. At its heart is Leto II Atreides, the God Emperor, now a gigantic hybrid of man and sandworm. This profoundly philosophical instalment in the Dune series places Leto II as a mesmerising and grotesque centrepiece.

This is a perfect companion to earlier books in the series. The clothbound silver cover features the God Emperor himself in all his glory and inside, artist Grace Aldrich illustrates the story's complex and alien characters, scenes and creatures.
Synopsis
 
Leto II has ruled the universe for 3,500 years – not as a man, but as something stranger. The fourth book in Herbert’s Dune saga, God Emperor of Dune dives deep into power, sacrifice and transformation. It’s heady, heavy and hypnotic – part science fiction, part political fable. With sand, prophecy and philosophical pondering in abundance, this is Dune at its most ambitious.

About the Illustrator

Grace Aldrich

Born in 2000, Grace Aldrich is an American illustrator based in Kansas City. She specialises in creating realistic images of surreal scenes featuring otherworldly creatures and landscapes. Her work has been recognised by 3x3 Magazine, the Society of Illustrators and American Illustration, with clients including Vanity Fair.

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About the Illustrator

Grace Aldrich

Born in 2000, Grace Aldrich is an American illustrator based in Kansas City. She specialises in creating realistic images of surreal scenes featuring otherworldly creatures and landscapes. Her work has been recognised by 3x3 Magazine, the Society of Illustrators and American Illustration, with clients including Vanity Fair.

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About the Illustrator

Grace Aldrich

Born in 2000, Grace Aldrich is an American illustrator based in Kansas City. She specialises in creating realistic images of surreal scenes featuring otherworldly creatures and landscapes. Her work has been recognised by 3x3 Magazine, the Society of Illustrators and American Illustration, with clients including Vanity Fair.

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About the Illustrator

Grace Aldrich

Born in 2000, Grace Aldrich is an American illustrator based in Kansas City. She specialises in creating realistic images of surreal scenes featuring otherworldly creatures and landscapes. Her work has been recognised by 3x3 Magazine, the Society of Illustrators and American Illustration, with clients including Vanity Fair.

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About the Illustrator

Grace Aldrich

Born in 2000, Grace Aldrich is an American illustrator based in Kansas City. She specialises in creating realistic images of surreal scenes featuring otherworldly creatures and landscapes. Her work has been recognised by 3x3 Magazine, the Society of Illustrators and American Illustration, with clients including Vanity Fair.

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About the Author

Frank Herbert was born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1920. He took his first newspaper job at the age of 19. After serving in the US Navy as a photographer, he studied briefly at the University of Washington. His first science-fiction story, ‘Looking for Something’, was published in the pulp-science-fiction magazine Startling Stories (1952), and his first novel, The Dragon in the Sea (1956) was serialised soon afterwards. In 1959 he began work on his most famous work, Dune, which was serialised by Analog magazine between 1963 and 1965. Finally published as a book, with modifications, in 1965 (Folio 2015), Dune won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel and the Hugo Award in 1966, and Herbert went on to write five popular sequels. Herbert wrote for a number of newspapers, including the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, lectured at the University of Washington, and served as an ecological consultant in Vietnam and Pakistan. He published many other science-fiction novels, such as his WorShip series and the ConSentient novels, but Dune, which was made into a film in 1984 (two years before Herbert’s death), and into a television series in 2000, remains his most enduring work.