The final war has come. Only one side will survive.
Fifty-six years after The Machine Crusade, the human rebellion against the thinking machines stands on the edge of victory. Worlds are being freed, and hope—long absent—has begun to return. But Omnius has one last move: a galaxy-wide plague designed to bring humanity to its knees.
As planets burn and populations fall, the war enters its deadliest phase. In a cataclysmic showdown, human and machine forces converge for the final confrontation: the Battle of Corrin. Everything will be decided here—survival, freedom, and the shape of civilization itself.
On a distant desert world called Arrakis, the seeds of the future Fremen are taking root.
Before the rise of Paul Muad’Dib, there was the war that made his world possible.