Presents the concluding volume of the "Legends of Dune" trilogy. Following the death of Serena Butler, the bloodiest decades of the Jihad take place. Synchronized worlds and unallied planets are liberated one by one, and at long last, after years of struggle, the human worlds begin to hope that the end of the centuries-long conflict with the thinking machines is finally in sight. Unfortunately, Omnius has one last deadly card to play.