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Framed by Princess Irulan’s writing, it recounts the defining conflict: a terrible war against thinking machines, and the resulting political-commercial order. The story follows the decline of Old Empire humanity, the rise of visionary leaders, secret rebellions, and the early formation of factions that lead toward lasting enmities.","DUNE  \nThe Butlerian Jihad  \nBrian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson  \nA Tom Doherty Associates Book  \nNew York  \nAlso by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson  \nDune: House Atreides  \nDune: House Harkonnen  \nDune: House Corrino  \n* Dune: The Machine Crusade  \n* Dune: The Battle of Corrin  \n* forthcoming  \nThis is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.  \nDUNE: THE BUTLERIAN JIHAD Copyright © 2002 by Herbert Limited Partnership  \nAll rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or  \nportions thereof, in any form .  \nA Tor Book  \nPublished by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC  \n175 Fifth Avenue  \nNew York, NY 10010  \n[www.tor.com](www.tor.com)  \n[www.ebookyes.com](www.ebookyes.com)  \nTor® is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.  \neISBN: 0-312-70808-4  \nFirst Edition: September 2002  \nTo our agents, ROBERT GOTLIEB and MAT BIALER of Trident Media Group,  \nwho saw the potential in this project from the very beginning and whose enthusiasm helped us to make it a success  \nAcknowledgments  \nPenny Merritt, for helping to manage the literary legacy of her father, Frank Herbert.  \nOur editors, Pat LoBrutto and Carolyn Caughey, offered detailed and invaluable suggestions through many drafts to fine-tune this story into its final version. Tom Doherty, Linda Quinton, Jennifer Marcus, and Paul Stevens at Tor Books gave this project remarkable support and enthusiasm.  \nAs always, Catherine Sidor, at WordFire, Inc ., worked tirelessly to transcribe dozens of microcassettes and type many hundreds of pages to keep up with our manic work pace. Her assistance in all steps of this project has helped to keep us sane, and she even fools other people into thinking we’re organized.  \nDiane E. Jones and Erwin Bush served as test readers and guinea pigs, giving us their honest reactions, and suggested additional scenes that helped make this a stronger book. Rebecca Moesta contributed her imagination, time, and support in all phases of this book, from start to finish.  \nThe Herbert Limited Partnership, including Jan Herbert, Ron Merritt, David Merritt, Byron Merritt, Julie Herbert, Robert Merritt, Kimberly Herbert, Margaux Herbert, and Theresa Shackelford, gave us their enthusiastic support, entrusting us with the care of Frank Herbert’s magnificent vision.  \nBeverly Herbert, for almost four decades of support and devotion to her husband, Frank Herbert.  \nAnd most of all, thanks to Frank Herbert, whose genius created such a wondrous universe for us to explore .  \nPrincess Irulan writes:  \nAny true student must realize that History has no beginning. Regardless of where a story starts, there are always earlier heroes and earlier tragedies.  \nBefore one can understand Muad’Dib or the current jihad that followed the overthrow of my father, Emperor Shaddam IV, one must understand what we fight against. Therefore, look more than ten thousand years into our past, ten millennia before the birth of Paul Atreides.  \nIt is there that we see the founding of the Imperium, how an emperor rose from the ashes of the Battle of Corrin to unify the bruised remnants of humanity. We will delve into the most ancient records, into the very myths of Dune, into the time of the Great Revolt, more commonly known as the Butlerian Jihad.  \nThe terrible war against thinking machines was the genesis of our political-commercial universe . Hear now, as I tell the story of free humans rebelling against the domination of robots, computers, and cymeks. Observe the basis of the great betrayal that made mortal enemies of House Atreides and House Harkonnen, a violent feud that continues to this day. Learn the roots of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood, the Spacing Guild and their Navigators, the Swordmasters of Ginaz, the Suk Medical School, the Mentats. 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