title: God Emperor of Dune
author:  Frank Herbert 
description: <DIV><B>Frank Herbert</B> was born in Tacoma, Washington, and educated at the University of Washington, Seattle. He worked a wide variety of jobs--including TV cameraman, radio commentator, oyster diver, jungle survival instructor, lay analyst, creative writing teacher, reporter and editor of several West Coast newspapers--before becoming a full-time writer. He died in 1986.</div>
zlib_text: # **PAUL OF**
  
  
  # **DUNE**
  
  
  ![image](../images/dot.jpg)
  
  
  _Brian Herbert_
  
  
  _and_
  
  
  _Kevin J. Anderson_
  
  
  
  
  
  ![image](../images/dot.jpg)
  
  
  ![image](../images/pub.jpg)
  
  
  ## Table of Contents
  
  
  [DEDICATION](dedication.html#ded)
  
  
  [ACKNOWLEDGMENTS](acknowledgments.html#ack)
  
  
  [PART I: EMPEROR MUAD’DIB](part01.html#part01)
  
  
  [PART II: YOUNG PAUL ATREIDES—AGE 12](part02.html#part02)
  
  
  [PART III: EMPEROR MUAD’DIB](part03.html#part03)
  
  
  [PART IV: YOUNG PAUL ATREIDES](part04.html#part04)
  
  
  [PART V: EMPEROR MUAD’DIB](part05.html#part05)
  
  
  [PART VI: YOUNG PAUL ATREIDES](part06.html#part06)
  
  
  [PART VII: EMPEROR MUAD’DIB](part07.html#part07)
  
  
  ![common](../images/common.jpg)
  
  
  _TO JANET HERBERT AND  
  REBECCA MOESTA ANDERSON_
  
  
  _Thank you for your patience, your wisdom, and your love, and for so much more
  than we can possibly list here. If we were to describe everything you’ve
  contributed, it would require a book much longer than this novel_.
  
  
  ## [ACKNOWLEDGMENTS](contents.html#rack)
  
  
  While we a