Thus, by forming a perfectly safe and stable empire, Leto II delivers a message to be felt throughout history.Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Leto II personally explores the emergent effects of civilization, noting that most hierarchical structures are remnants of evolutionary urges toward safety. This galactic empire differs from the historical tyrants in that it is deliberately designed to end in destruction, and is only instituted in the first place as part of a plan to rescue humanity from an absolute destruction which Leto II has foreseen through his oracular visions. Using his ancestral memories, Leto II has knowledge of the entirety of human history and is able to recall the effects and patterns of tyrannical institutions, from the Babylonian Empire through the Jesuits on ancient Earth, and thus builds an empire existing as a complete nexus encompassing all these methods. In God Emperor of Dune, Frank Herbert analyzes the cyclical patterns of human society, as well as humanity's evolutionary drives. (Content Ratings Click on Explicit Ratings for details.) Ratings Hover over Icons for text rating. But Siona is unaware that Leto’s vision of a Golden Path for humanity requires her to fulfill a destiny she never wanted-or could possibly conceive. A rebellion, led by Siona, a member of the Atreides family, has risen to oppose the despot’s rule. His transformation has made not only his appearance but his morality inhuman. To preserve humanity’s future, he sacrificed his own by merging with a sandworm, granting him near immortality as God Emperor of Dune for the past thirty-five hundred years. Leto Atreides, the son of the world’s savior, the Emperor Paul Muad’Dib, is still alive but far from human.

Millennia have passed on Arrakis, and the once-desert planet is green with life. 11 hardcover fiction best seller of 1981 by Publishers Weekly. Original publication: God Emperor of Dune is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert published in 1981, the fourth in his Dune series of six novels.Theme: Study of Humanity rather then technology.Genres: Sci Fi Epic Adventure, Soft Science Fiction, Diaspora.

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