Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.9
Points
36.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
202117
Points per Word
0.000178
Page Count
681
Points per Page
0.052863
Description
In this prequel to DUNE, planetologist Pardot Kynes is dispatched by the Emperor to the planet Arrakis to discover the secrets of the addictive spice known as melange as young Shaddam Corrino plots for the throne. The coauthor is Kevin J. Anderson.