Dune

Autor: Frank Herbert

It is the first installment of the six-volume Dune saga, exploring complex interactions of politics, religion, ecology, and human emotion in a distant future feudal interstellar society.The story follows Paul Atreides, the young heir of the Noble House Atreides, as his family reluctantly accepts the stewardship of the desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. While inhospitable and sparsely populated, Arrakis is the sole source of melange, or “spice,” an immensely valuable drug essential for interstellar navigation and enhancing mental abilities.