In a major deal, Tor Books and Hodder & Stoughton (UK) have contracted with Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson for more DUNE novels. The deal includes:

• The two-volume "grand climax" to the DUNE chronicles, HUNTERS OF DUNE and SANDWORMS OF DUNE, based directly on the "Dune 7" outline written by Frank Herbert;

• THE ROAD TO DUNE, a compendium of never-before-published chapters from DUNE and DUNE MESSIAH, and original stories and a short novel written by Brian and Kevin.

THE ROAD TO DUNE will be published in the interim while Brian and Kevin are writing HUNTERS and SANDWORMS. As part of the contract, Tor Books has also included the first volume in the "Paul of Dune" trilogy.

Kevin has also sold Books 4-6 in his own science fiction epic, The Saga of Seven Suns, to Jaime Levine at Warner Aspect (US) and Ben Ball at Simon & Schuster (UK), via John Silbersack at Trident Media Group. 

(3/6/04)