More than three thousand years have passed since the events of the original Dune. Leto Atreides II, the son of Paul Muad'Dib, now rules as the virtually immortal God Emperor of Dune. To ensure the survival of the human race, Leto has sacrificed his humanity, merging with a sandworm to become a grotesque hybrid. He enforces a universal peace known as "Leto’s Peace," suppressing space travel an…