Dune

I've recently been reading the book "Dune" by Frank Herbert. It is a science fiction book made in 1965. Frank Herbert basically made an entire world (more accurately, a whole universe) with its own economy, ecology, landscape, and religion, among other things. The main character in this book is Paul, a 15 year old Bene Gesserit who is the only male Bene Gesserit. Their are many legends about a male Bene Gesserit that the Missionaria Protectiva (missionaries of the Bene Gesserit) spread throughout many worlds, and it ended up intertwining with the religions of the people in these different planets. Paul is the son of the Duke Leto Atreides, Duke of Caladan. When they move to Arrakis, the Reverend Mother (pretty much the teachers of the Bene Gesserit) has visions of the Duke Leto getting killed, but says Paul and his mother, Jessica, (a Bene Gesserit) can be saved. The reason they are moving to Arrakis is because the Harkonnens, a rivaling Great House, has had it taken away from them by the Emperor. Little do the Atreides know, the Emperor is working with the Harkonnens, sending in Sardaukans (prisoners turned soldier) and dressing them in Harkonnen armor to help the Harkonnens kill the Duke and the Great House Atreides. Dr. Yueh, the doctor of the Atreides House, betrays them and takes Duke Leto to the Harkonnens to interrogate, but he is also a good person, so he saves Paul and Jessica and tells the Duke Leto how to kill the Baron. The Duke Leto gets a poisoned tooth that he bites down on and kills himself and Piter, the Baron's Mentat (a form of assassin), with the Baron just barely surviving.

Arrakis is a planet that severely lacks water. The Fremen (warriors of the deserts of Arrakis) are used to it, it being the only thing that they have lived with. They have technology, such as the stillsuit, which allows them to only lose a thimbleful of water a day. I think that this is one of the hugest conflicts in the story. The Fremen are trying to make the world of Arrakis livable, but they say that it will take many many years and they will not see the outcome in their lifetime. I think that this is the best way to handle this problem, although they have to keep it a secret, bribing the Guild (basically a spaceship company) to not set up satellites to view them. Though they will not see the sands of Arrakis boasting water, their great-grandchildren might.