Besides, that development doesn't even come until the third book in the series, "Children of Dune," where Leto II merges with a sandworm and gains immortality. The fourth book, "God Emperor of ...

The next book God Emperor of Dune opens 3500 years later, and yet Leto II still lives, but by this point, he’s become the Tyrant Worm, an all-powerful sandworm human monstrosity who, despite his ...

Frank Herbert, who created the Dune universe, only wrote six of the books himself: Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor ... as Padishah Emperor. Meanwhile on Caladan, Leto meets ...