"The wise men in Persia had made their predictions, and the events of this day would show that the predictions had been true. The immense sand dunes, stretching for leagues along the river, had been upheaved by the great earthquakes of the day before, and their slopes had been thrown up like great tumors, authoritatively proclaiming the coming of the great sandworm. The rivers had ceased their rushing and the fowl had ceased their Hunting. The great sandworm had come."
Bashir