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The Butlerian Jihad

by Brian Herbert · Legends of Dune series

Set 10,000 years before the original Dune, this prequel chronicles humanity's galaxy-spanning war against the thinking machines and the tyrannical AI Omnius. Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson explore the origins of the Bene Gesserit, the Mentats, and the great houses, showing how the jihad against artificial intelligence shaped the universe Frank Herbert created. An epic expansion of Dune mythology that explains the ban on computers.

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