The Machine Crusade

Decades into humanity's grinding war against the thinking machines ruled by the AI Omnius, the fight that began with the death of Serena Butler's son grinds on across dozens of fronts, with victories bought at devastating cost. The second Legends of Dune novel follows the widening cast from The Butlerian Jihad -- freedom fighters, scheming Titans, and the scattered remnants of humanity trying to hold together under Omnius's mechanical armies -- as the war escalates toward the century-long crusade that will eventually end in human victory at the Battle of Corrin. Written by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert, continuing the prequel trilogy to Frank Herbert's Dune.