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 | | At center stage is Vorian Atreides, the supreme military leader of the human League which is fighting a war to the death against the Synchronized Worlds, an empire run by the AI named Omnius, from its base of Corrin. |
 | | In his 80s, yet still youthful thanks to the longevity treatments conferred on him by his detested father, the cymek Agamemnon, Vorian is aching to break the stalemate between the two forces. |
 | | Unlike the previous prequel trilogy, which was set a generation or two back from the time of Paul Atreides, this series does not labor so much under the aura of the originals. |
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