* Young Duncan Idado is given an ultimatum: escape or die. * Meanwhile, Leto Atreides is introduced to the hyper-advanced city of Ix where his future will be shaped in unimaginable ways. * The Planetologist Pardot Kynes ventures into the plains of Dune, and makes a destiny-altering discovery. * And Reverend Mother Gaius Mohiam confronts Baron Harkonnen with a proposition he can't refuse...