Prelude to Dune: House Atreides by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
features the young Duke Leto Atreides, Baron Harkonnen and others in adventures
set several decades before Frank Herbert’s Dune. Undemanding, but fun. Published
by Hodder & Stoughton, £9.99, ISBN 0340751754.
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