
The Legends of Dune trilogy: Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, Dune: The Machine Crusade and Dune: The Battle of Corrin
Author: Brian Patrick Herbert (1947- ) and Kevin James Anderson signed by both authorsYear: 2002-2004Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates (TOR)Place: New YorkDescription: 3 volumes. Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. 621 pages. Dune: The Machine Crusade. 701 pages. Dune: The Battle of Corrin. 624 pages with genealogical tables at back. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in black boards with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Signed by both authors. First editions. The Legends of Dune trilogy is a series of full-length novels and short stories co-written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. They serve as a distant prequel trilogy to the Prelude to Dune series and revolve around the Butlerian Jihad--the war against the thinking machines. The Legends novels features the ancestors of major characters of the Original Dune series, specifically the Butler/Corrino family, Xavier Harkonnen and Vorian Atreides, and the Titans. In the Old Empire, humans had become complacent and rel