The latest chapter in the "New York Times"-bestselling series. It is 83 years after the last of the thinking machines were destroyed in the Battle of Corrin, after Faykan Butler took the name of Corrino and established himself as the first Emperor of a new imperium. Great changes are brewing that will shape and twist all of humankind. 著者は「デューン」シリーズで知られるSF作家フランク・ハーバートの息子でブライアン・ハーバート。父の衣鉢を継ぎ、「デューン」シリーズを書き継いでいる。本作もその1作。