Series: Dune
The New York Times best-selling Dune: House Atreides comes to comics for the first time, as adapted & scripted by the novel’s co-writers Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson and illustrated by artist Dev Pramanik (Blade Runner 2039), from the prequel novel based on Dune creator Frank Herberts notes and original vision. In the far future on the desert planet Arrakis,the Imperial Planetologist Pardot Kynes seeks its secrets. Meanwhile, a violent coup is planned by the son of Emperor Elrood, an eight-year-old Duncan Idaho seeks to escape his cruel masters, and a young man named Leto Atreides begins a fateful journey. These unlikely souls will come together as renegades and soon discover that fate has decreed they will change the very shape of history. Collects Dune: House Atreides #1-4.
About Artists & Writers:
Brian Herbert is the son of legendary science fiction author Frank Herbert and haswritten the definitive biography of him, Dreamer of Dune, a finalist for the Hugo Award.Brian has also written many highly imaginative novels, including the Timeweb trilogy,the ecological fantasy Ocean (with his wife, Jan), The Little Green Book of ChairmanRahma, The Unborn, and The Assassination of Billy Jeeling. His earlier acclaimednovels include The Stolen Gospels, Sudanna Sudanna, and Sidneys Comet, as well asMan of Two Worlds (written with his father). Brian has collaborated on many novels inthe Dune series withKevin J. Anderson, all of which became international bestsellers,and they also wrote the Hellhole trilogy together. They recently completed the novelDune: The Heir of Caladan for Tor, and are also collaborating on the definitive graphicnovel adaption of the novel Dune, as well as an exciting new adaptation of theircollaborative novel, Dune: House Atreides, for BOOM! Studios. Brian also co-managesthe legacy of Frank Herbert and is an executive producer of the new motion picture Duneand the forthcoming TV series Dune: The Sisterhood. He and his wife live in Seattle,Washington.