E ver since Frank Herbert released his seminal sci-fi novel Dune in 1965, readers have been consumed by the expansive and ...

but there are actually 26 “Dune” books. After Herbert died, his son, Brian Herbert, and author Kevin J. Anderson collaborated on an additional 20 books to expand the “Dune” universe.

Emperor Shaddam IV has popped up in several adaptations of Dune, so let's take a look at this mysterious, sinister figure.