Book is square, has light wear including the usual bumping to spine ends; previous owner's bookplate on first endpaper (no stamps or wrting.) Dustjacket is rather nice, with some light wear to ends of spine, and a faint scratch in middle of back cover that can only be seen in angled light (probably won't show on scan.)

Dune Messiah, sequel to the award-winning Dune. The book version is slightly revised from the magazine serial in Galaxy - 5 parts (July to November 1969.)

Paul was the product of the Bene Gesserit's generations-long breeding program - but he would not be controlled by them. So they set out to overthrow him, involving Paul's consort, the Princess Irulan, the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, a ghola recreation of Duncan Idaho, and the little-known Bene Tleilaxu - the "face-dancers." Paul could forsee their plans, and would shape them to his own goal...