Paul Atreides is the religious and political leader of the Galaxy and was raised to his exalted position by a holy war, fought in the spaceways and on a thousand planets. He has been trained in arcane disciplines by the Bene Gesserit sisterhood and he has superhuman powers. When the order is no longer able to dominate the man they have made a god, they set out to overthrow him. But Paul, able to foresee their plans, resolves to shape them to a shocking goal...