Pislya viyny, prozvanoyi dzhyhadom Muad’Diba, Pol Atrid posidaye imperators′kyy tron i zaprovadzhuye novyy, frymens′kyy, lad. Zdavalos′ by, nareshti yak na Dyuni, tak i v Halaktytsi povynni zapanuvaty myr i spokiy. Prote kolys′ mohutni, a teper pozbavleni vlady dynastiyi zhadayut′ revanshu. YIm vidomi slabki storony Imperatora — yoho dar peredbachaty maybutnye, yake, na zhal′, vin ne mozhe zminyty. Mesiyi Dyuny zostayet′sya til′ky odne — buty Mesiyeyu do kintsya.