{"product_id":"legends-of-dune-series-3-books-collection-set-the-butlerian-jihad-the-machine-crusade-and-the-battle-of-corrin","title":"Legends of Dune Series 3 Books Collection Set (The Butlerian Jihad, The Machine Crusade and The Battle Of Corrin)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTitles in this set:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Butlerian Jihad\u003cbr\u003e2. The Machine Crusade\u003cbr\u003e3. The Battle Of Corrin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Butlerian Jihad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt began in the Time of Tyrants, when ambitious men and women used high-powered computers to seize control of the heart of the Old Empire including Earth itself. The tyrants translated their brains into mobile mechanical bodies and created a new race, the immortal man-machine hybrids called cymeks. Then the cymeks' world-controlling planetary computers - each known as Omnius - seized control from their overlords and a thousand years of brutal rule by the thinking machines began.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut their world faces disaster. Impatient with human beings' endless disobedience and the cymeks' continual plotting to regain their power, Omnius has decided that it no longer needs them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Machine Crusade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarth is a radioactive ruin. But the initial campaign of the Butlerian Jihad has given new hope to mankind. Serena Butler, whose murdered child has become a symbol for oppressed humanity, inspires a war against the thinking computers led by Xavier Harkonnen and Vorian Atreides.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut four of the Titans - murderous machines with human brains and human cunning - still remain. And the universal computer mind, Omnius, still wields most of its power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Battle Of Corrin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe universal computer mind Omnius has retreated to its last stronghold, where it plots a devastating new strategy that could undo the victories of the Butlerian Jihad. The surviving Titans are creating new lieutenants to do their will when at last they return to attack the human beings they once ruled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the years of peace too many of mankind have forgotten that their machine enemies never sleep.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut some have forgotten nothing - and learned from their triumphs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder UK Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50967570448690,"sku":"SNW7793","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7351\/5314\/files\/71wily7BN6L._SL1500.jpg?v=1787845961","url":"https:\/\/www.powpex.com\/products\/legends-of-dune-series-3-books-collection-set-the-butlerian-jihad-the-machine-crusade-and-the-battle-of-corrin","provider":"Powpex Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}