Frank Herbert
1) Dune
An interstellar agent discovers his latent powers while investigating a warlike planet in this classic sci-fi fantasy by the author of Dune.
It’s been centuries since the devastating Rim Wars separated numerous planets from the protection and control of the galactic empire. The Rediscovery and Reeducation Service is dedicated to finding these “lost planets” and returning them to the fold. But not all civilizations
...Idle immortals, hungry for entertainment, turn their attention to humans in this science fiction novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of Dune.
Immortal aliens had observed Earth for centuries, making and viewing full sensory movies of wars, natural disasters, and horrific human activities . . . all to relieve their boredom. Then they finally became jaded by ordinary, run-of-the-mill
5) High-Opp
From the New York Times–bestselling author of Dune, a dystopian novel in which a corrupted democracy leads to war between the privileged and labor classes.
EMASI! Each Man A Separate Individual! That is the rallying cry of the Seps engaged in a class war against the upper tiers of a society driven entirely by opinion polls. Those who score high, the High-Opps, are given plush apartments, comfortable jobs, every
...A stranded starship’s crew races against time to create an artificial consciousness in this epic by the New York Times–bestselling author of Dune.
The starship Earthling, filled with thousands of hybernating colonists en route to a new world at Tau Ceti, is stranded beyond the solar system when the ship’s three Organic Mental Cores—disembodied human brains that control the vessel’s
Pandora’s humans have been recovering land from its raging seas at an accelerated pace since The Lazarus Effect. The great kelp of the seas, sentient but electronically manipulated by humans, buffers Pandora’s wild currents...
From a New York Times bestseller, “a tremendously exciting, mysterious, and powerful novel” about an AI creation that exiles humanity to alien planet (SFreviews.net).
A sentient Ship, an artificial intelligence with godlike powers, delivers the last survivors of humanity to a horrific, poisonous planet, Pandora—rife with deadly Nerve-Runners, Hooded Dashers, airborne jellyfish, and intelligent
Based on a New York Times bestseller, inhabitants of a planet colony confront totalitarianism in this “intelligent” sci-fi fantasy “with solid characters” (Kirkus Reviews).
In The Jesus Incident, Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author George Herbert and poet Bill Ransom introduced Ship, an artificial intelligence that believed it was God, abandoning its unworthy human cargo
10) Soul Catcher
Katsuk, a militant Native American student, kidnaps thirteen-year-old David Marshall—the son of the US Undersecretary of State. The two flee into the deepest wilds of the Pacific Northwest, where they must survive together as teams...
A conspiracy thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of Dune, “one of America's most intelligent, imaginative, and magnetic novelists” (Kirkus Reviews).
In pursuit of a scoop, American journalist Hal Garson follows up on a mysterious, desperate letter that points to the whereabouts of legendary author Antone Luac, who vanished without a trace in Mexico years
From the New York Times–bestselling author of Dune, a novella about a woman who suspects her neighbor is a spy about to reveal her long concealed past.
Mrs. Ross is an expatriate American who has found a quiet life in the small Mexican village of San Juan, a place where she can be content, a place where no one knows the secrets of her shadowy past life. Until an ambitious American painter takes
All three novels in the New York Times–bestselling science fiction fantasy series about the survival of a human colony in the wake of AI.
From Frank Herbert, the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of Dune, in collaboration with Bill Ransom, the bestselling series that began with Destination Void.
The Jesus Incident opens as Ship, an artificial intelligence with
19) Angels' Fall
One of Frank Herbert's lost, never before published novels written before his award winning book Dune. Angels' Fall is a gripping thriller set in the South American jungles. After his plane crashes deep in the Amazon, freelance pilot Jeb Logan has to keep himself and his passengers alive in a grueling trip down river. Adrift in the wreckage of the plane with Jeb are a beautiful singer, her young son, and a ruthless murderer clinging
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