On the desert planet of Arrakis, also known as Dune, Reverend Mother Ramallo conjures up an old prophecy: "Someone will come from far away and bring the holy war, the Jihad, which will purify the universe and bring us out of darkness"... On the remote planet Coladan, Lady Jessica, disobeying her sisterhood's orders to conceive only daughters, has just given birth to the son that her master, Duke Leto Atreides, so desired. Lady Jessica even dreams that her son Paul will become a messiah full of magical powers, capable of uniting time and space...