Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune by Frank HerbertBefore The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender's Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune: winner of the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, and widely considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written. Melange, or 'spice', is the most valuable and rarest element in the universe; a drug that does everything from increasing a person's life span to making intersteller travel possible. And it can only be found on a single planet: the

of course he has no story

'I have him bitched

and my vision for the future - the story of how we came to make this

as outlined in 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'

believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer

Ten seemingly endless years of conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over

four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders

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Written in a hugely accessible

breakneck pacing and intriguing characterisation add up to an exciting single-sitting thrillerish treat' -THE GUARDIAN

How many have black hair or blue eyes

[she creates] funky yarns so tantalising you want to devour them' Guardian Meet Stanley Williams: Single