Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better know?and feared?as the the man called Muad?Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, Paul possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne?and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence.