While Paul is being instructed in the secrets of desert life he falls in love with young Chani, who bears him a son. Very soon the Fremen are convinced that Paul is their long-prophesied redeemer, and Stilgar prepares him for his great task. Impressed by Paul's clairvoyant abilities, tribal prince Stilgar takes in the fugitives. Leto's mistress Jessica, who is a member of the clairvoyant order of Bene Gesserit, manages to escape into the desert with her son Paul, and after a long and dangerous march they finally encounter the Fremen, the long suppressed desert tribe of Arrakis. A short while later Harkonnen does indeed succeed in ambushing and massacring Leto and his men. The reason is that Arrakis is the source of the valuable spice, a substance produced by enormous and dangerous sand worms, which bestows special mental qualities on anyone who consumes it. In the 11th millennium Shaddam IV., ruler of the Galactic Empire, rids himself of his competitor Duke Leto by giving him control of the desert planet Dune also called Arrakis- fully aware that its present owner, Baron Harkonnen, will not give it up without a fight.
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