House Atreides, the first volume in Brian Herbert's continuation of
his father Franks classic Dune saga, was slow to exert an initial
grip, but was soon full of the energy and invention of the original
books (helped, one might suspect, by the sterling contributions of
co-author Kevin J Anderson). The second Prelude to Dune kept up the
momentum of its predecessor even if the achievement didnt match the
work of Herbert p?re. And now the third (and concluding) volume
works up a remarkable head of steam in its massive tale of the
blood feud between the houses of Atreides and Harkonnen. The war
which is to establish a new world order has begun. Emperor Shaddam
IV lashes out ruthlessly from the royal planet Kaitain at the
subject worlds that defy him; his trump card, he believes, is the
synthetic spice which he alone will control. On Dune, Liet Kynes
masses the revived Fremen for daring strikes against the Harkonnen
tyrants, while the liberation of the subjugated planet Ix from its
brutal Tleilaxu overlords is being orchestrated by Prince Rhomburt
Vernius, in exile on Caladan. But the ultimate battle is to be
waged between Leto Atreides of Caladan and Vladimir Harkonnen of
Giedi Prime. As before, the political backstabbing and
galaxy-spanning heroics are brought off with great dash, and those
who cant get enough of Herbert Sr.s world of deserts, spice and
sandworms will find this trilogy a very welcome return to a
fascinating universe. (Kirkus UK)
The blood feud between Duke Leto of Caladon and Baron Vladimir
Harkonnen reaches its climax, as the emperor Shaddam - leader of
House Corrino - is finally forced to curb the powerful Harkonnens
or risk losing his own throne. Menawhile, Duke Leto's beautiful
concubie, the Bene Gesserit temptress Jessica,- has conceived the
boy who become Paul Atreides (the hero of Dune), defying the
express orders of her superiors. The book culminates in a war - on
Dune, on the oppressed planet Ix, in space - that will alter the
balance of power for a generation.
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