On the planet of Aurakis, men, nature, and time attend the messianic and evolutionary growth of Leto and his twin sister Ghanima, children and successors of the mighty Muad'Dib.

Leto Atreides, the God Emperor of Dune, is dead. In the fifteen hundred years since his passing, the Empire has fallen into ruin. The great Scattering saw millions abandon the crumbling civilization and spread out beyond the reaches of known space. The planet Arrakis-now called Rakis-has reverted to its desert climate, and its great sandworms are dying. Now, the Lost Ones are returning home in pursuit of power. And as factions vie for control over...

They made him a god through generations of controlled breeding and a lifetime of training, giving him more than human powers. But Paul Atreides would not be their tool, and the sisterhood of the Bene Gesserit set out to overthrow him.

3500 years after Paul Atreides became Emperor, his son Leto has traded his humanity to become an immortal sandworm of Dune.