Dune

Summary

Frank Herbert sets this epic on the desert planet Arrakis, the only source of the spice melange, and follows young Paul Atreides as his noble house takes control and is then betrayed. The novel weaves together politics, religion, ecology, and prophecy as Paul joins the native Fremen and rises toward a destiny he both desires and dreads. Widely regarded as one of the most influential science fiction novels ever written, Dune launched a sprawling saga and reshaped how the genre treats world building.