Kevin J. Anderson

It began in the Time of Tyrants, when ambitious men and women used high-powered computers to seize control of the heart of the Old Empire including Earth itself. The tyrants translated their brains into mobile mechanical bodies and created a new race, the immortal man-machine hybrids called cymeks. Then the cymeks' …

Diuna. Krucjata przeciw maszynom to książka z 2003 roku osadzona w Uniwersum Diuny, napisana przez Briana Herberta i Kevina J. Andersona. Akcja książki toczy się 10 000 lat przed wydarzeniami opisanymi przez Franka Herberta w oryginalnych Kronikach Diuny. Krucjata przeciw maszynom to druga z trzech książek …

In the aftermath of a devastating war, swarms of ancient black robots built by the lost insectoid Klikiss race continue their depredations on helpless worlds with stolen and heavily armed Earth battleships. Among the humans, the Hansa's brutal Chairman struggles to crush any resistance even as King Peter breaks away …