Ulic Qel-Droma has spent a lifetime learning to control the Force. He wanted to be on the side of the good, a member of the Jedi elite. But it is not the Force one must control to become a Jedi; rather, one must learn to control oneself. Ulic Qel-Droma has tasted power, and now he cannot fight the dark hunger inside him . . . Set centuries before Luke Skywalker's birth, when the original Jedi Knightsilluminated a dark galaxy, these are the stories of some of those earliest heroes; these are the Tales of the Jedi. Written by Kevin J. Anderson, author of the Star Wars Jedi Academy novels. Don't miss this third volume of the Tales of the Jedi!

La Guerre des Sith (La Légende des Jedi, #5)

The finale to the Prelude to Dune trilogy!Fearful of losing his precarious hold on the Golden Lion Throne, Shaddam IV, Emperor of a Million Worlds, has devised a radical scheme to create a synthetic alternative to melange, the addictive spice that binds the Imperium together, a substance that can be found only on the desert world of Dune. In subterranean labs on the machine planet Ix, Tleilaxu overlords use slaves and prisoners as part of a horrific plan to manufacture substitute spice. If this substance can supplant genuine melange, it will give Shaddam what he seeks: absolute power.

Dune: House Corrino - House Trilogy, #3

The climactic finale of the Great Schools of Dune Trilogy, set 10, 000 years before Frank Herbert's classic DUNE. NAVIGATORS OF DUNE is a fascinating portal into vital components of the mesmerizing, intense universe of Dune.   Every DUNE fan knows of the Spacing Guild's mysterious Navigators, the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood program to breed a superhuman, and the Mentats, trained as human computers to replace forbidden thinking machines. But until now, readers knew little of how they came to be. Navigators, mutated by spice into beings far superior to normal humans, make space travel possible across the burgeoning Imperium. Their prescient awareness allows them to foresee safe paths through the universe as starship engines "fold" space. Only industrial magnate Josef Venport knows the secret of creating Navigators, and he intends to build a commercial empire to span the galaxy. But at every turn Josef is embattled by the forces of anti-technology fanaticism, "Butlerian" zealots led by the charismatic and dangerous Manford Torondo, who wishes to countermand humanity's new renaissance and drive the Imperium back into a dark age. And between those titanic forces stands the uncertain new Emperor Roderick Corrino, forced to take the throne after the assassination of his brother. The Navigators are the key to charting a glorious future for humanity .

Navigators of Dune - The Great Schools of Dune, #3

A Magazine of Science Fiction and FantasyISSUE 26: May 2017Mike Resnick, EditorTaylor Morris, CopyeditorShahid Mahmud, PublisherStories by: Eric Cline, Edward M. Lerner, George Nikolopoulos, Effie Seiberg, Spencer Ellsworth, Lou J Berger, Robert Silverberg, Patrick Hurley, Emily McCosh, Kevin J. Anderson, Mercedes Lackey, Larry Niven. Serialization: Double Star by Robert A. HeinleinColumns by: Barry N. Malzberg, Gregory BenfordRecommended Books: Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn NyeInterview: Joy Ward interviews Kij JohnsonGalaxy's Edge is a Hugo-nominated bi-monthly magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old stories, a serialization of a novel, columns by Barry Malzberg and Gregory Benford, book recommendations by Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn Nye and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.

Galaxy’s Edge Magazine: Issue 26, May 2017 - Galaxy's Edge, #26

Après Les Chasseurs de Dune, les héritiers de Frank Herbert mettent avec ce Triomphe de Dune un point final au cycle. Frank Herbert lui-même avait indiqué de façon certes allusive son intention de donner une suite au cycle. La mort de sa femme Beverly en 1984, suivie d'assez près par sa propre disparition en 1986, l'en a empêché. On savait seulement qu'il y travaillait, sur un ordinateur portable, au moment de sa mort. Herbert et Anderson disent avoir retrouvé un plan et des notes détaillées sur un tirage d'imprimante ainsi que deux vieilles disquettes au moment où ils préparaient Avant Dune et s'être inspirés de ces documents pour écrire Après Dune. 
 Dans ce dernier volet, on assiste au triomphe de l'humanité sur les machines lors de l'ultime bataille. Grâce à cette victoire, tant remise et tant espérée, l'univers connu est enfin pacifié. On assiste également dans les dernières pages à la renaissance de la planète Dune (détruite à la fin de La Maison des Mères) où les vers (réimplantés par le Bene Gesserit) ont repris leur activité. Un nouveau Kwisatz Haderach, inattendu, le Ghola de Duncan Idaho, tiendra les promesses de Paul Muad'Dib. Enfin, essaiera.

Après Dune Tome 2 : le triomphe de Dune

A novel based on the Emmy Award-winning television series created by Chris Carter. When a disease-ravaged body is found in the smoldering ruins of the federally funded DyMar genetic research lab, Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully fear that a deadly, man-made plague is on the loose. As the FBI agents investigating the "X-Files" -- cases the bureau has deemed unsolvable -- Mulder and Scully pursue the truth wherever it leads, even into the labyrinthine corridors of the FBI... and beyond. Racing to contain the lethal virus before it can spread, Mulder and Scully make a chilling discovery. Before his death, Dr. David Kennessy, a hotshot cancer researcher at DyMar, had been experimenting with a promising but highly dangerous technology: microscopic bio-machines that can cure any disease, heal any wound. In theory, this research could be a miracle cure, perhaps even a doorway to immortality. It was also the only way Dr. Kennessy could save his leukemia-stricken son. But when a second corpse turns up, savagely mutilated from within, it's anything but theoretical. Could machines created to cure have learned to kill? Scrambling for answers, Mulder and Scully are opposed at every step by faceless enemies with all the resources of the government -- even perhaps of their own agency -- at their command. Enemies who will stop at nothing to ensure that the secret of immortality falls in the right hands -- their hands. As sinister forces close in, Scully fights to save the life of an innocent boy while Mulder comes face to face with a crazed and desperate man. A man whose slightest touch brings agonizing death -- and perhaps a resurrection more horrible still.

The X-Files: Antibodies

As the war between the Republic and the scattered remnants of the Empire continues, two children--the Jedi twins--will come into their powers in a universe on the brink of vast changes and challenges. In this time of turmoil and discovery, an extraordinary new Star Wars saga begins....While Luke Skywalker takes the first step toward setting up an academy to train a new order of Jedi Knights, Han Solo and Chewbacca are taken prisoner on the planet Kessel and forced to work in the fathomless depths of a spice mine. But when Han and Chewie break away, they flee desperately to a secret Imperial research laboratory surrounded by a cluster of black holes--and go from one danger to a far greater one....On Kessel, Luke picks up the trail of his two friends, only to come face-to-face with a weapon so awesome, it can wipe out an entire solar system. It is a death ship called the Sun Crusher, invented by a reclusive genius and piloted by none other than Han himself...

Star wars. La quête des Jedi

Jacen et Jaina ont décidé d'offrir à leur mère un cadeau d'anniversaire inoubliable. Avec l'autorisation de Luke Skywalker, ils s'envolent pour le champ d'astéroïdes d'Alderaan. S'ils parviennent à récupérer un fragment de la planète natale de Leia - détruite par l'Empire - nul doute que ce présent touchera le coeur de la princesse. Mais le champ d'astéroïdes est devenu un repaire de pirates...Jacen and Jaina set off for the Alderaan system, determined to salvage a piece of the shattered planet as a gift for their mother. But amid the ghosts of a dead world, the twins are in for a lethal surprise--some ghosts still live. A long-lost enemy of the Solo family is about to return.

Star wars. Le coeur d'Alderaan

Le Baron Vladimir Harkonnen est le plus formidable adversaire de la Maison des Atréides. Il exploite sans vergogne l'épice de la planète Arrakis, la légendaire Dune dont il a confié la surveillance à son neveu, Rabban la Bête. Affamé de pouvoir, il complote même contre l'Empereur Shaddam, tout juste installé sur le trône. Le Baron pervers occupe aussi, à son insu, une position stratégique dans le plan à long terme qu'a formé le Bene Gesserit pour obtenir le Kwisatz Haderach, l'être qui dominera le temps. Il faut qu'il engendre une fille. Or il hait les femmes.
 Sur Dune, Liet-Kynes poursuit l'oeuvre secrète de son père : transformer la planète désertique en jardin, futur paradis des Fremen.

La Guerre des Sith (La Légende des Jedi, #5)

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